Profile

Fullname:
 OLADELE EBUN-OLUWA
Post:
 Senior Lecturer
Email Address:
 epoladele[at]futa.edu.ng
Telephone:
 +2348153033333; +2349038478907
Nationality:
 NIGERIA
Affiliation:
 THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, PMB 704 AKURE, ONDO STATE NIGERIA. OFFICE LOCATION: CHEMISTRY LAB. II, SOS BUILDING, OBANLA.
Education:
 EBUN-OLUWA OLADELE HOLDS A PHD FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS WELL AS MASTERS’ DEGREES IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AND IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE AND UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS RESPECTIVELY. SHE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLAR WHO GRADUATED WITH A FIRST CLASS HONOURS DEGREE IN INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY. SHE HAS RECEIVED MANY DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS INCLUDING THE PRESTIGIOUS COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP. SHE WAS THE BEST GRADUATING STUDENT IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN 1994 AND WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO ATTAIN A FIRST CLASS GRADE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY.
Background:
 AREAS OF EXPERTISE: FOOD AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY WITH MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS COVERING THE AREAS OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS, FOOD BIOACTIVES, FOOD COMPONENT ANALYSES AND THEIR IMPACT ON HUMAN NUTRITION AND HEALTH. *CURRENT ACTIVITIES: FOOD COMPONENT ANALYSIS: POLYPHENOLS IN PLANT BASED FOODS, ANALYSIS OF SIMPLE AND COMPLEX SUGARS FOOD PROCESSING: IMPLICATIONS OF DOMESTIC COOKING AND FOOD CONSUMPTION PRACTICES ON FOOD BIO ACTIVES AND NUTRITIONAL COMPONENTS CARBOHYDRATE BIOAVAILABILITY: INHIBITION OF CARBOHYDRATE HYDROLYSING ENZYMES, STARCH DIGESTION IN VITRO AND IN VIVO AND KINETICS, GLYCAEMIC INDEX, RESISTANT STARCH AND DIETARY FIBRE ANALYSIS.