Adeleke Abdulrahman Oyekanmi

Biography:

Dr. Adeleke Abdulrahman Oyekanmi is a research fellow at the School of Industrial technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia. His core expertise are in water and wastewater management by creating sustainable treatment technologies.  He is a researcher of repute with vast experiences in environmental management, pollution analysis, modelling and optimization of process variables for enhanced operational system. His expertise includes water quality assessment and prediction of surface and sub-surface storm water pollution using geographical information systems, modelling of water quality parameters, wastewater treatments and solid wastes management. His works on new processes development, mathematical modelling and optimization are well documented in reputable international journals in the web of sciences. His works have earned him numerous laurels and awards some of which include the winner of a silver medal in 2015 (Best Paper Research), silver medal in 2016 (Innovative Product Research) organized by the Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization and Consultancy Service (ORICC), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, He is a gold medallist (Environmental and Renewable Energy Category) at the 27th International Invention and Technology Exhibition (ITEX Malaysia) in 2016 and also a gold medal recipient at the Seoul International Invention Fair (SIFF South Korea). He is also a regular reviewer for high impact factor journals among which are Bioresource Technology, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Water Processing Engineering, Journal of Chemical and Biotechnology, Journal of Oil Palm Research, Journal of soil and sediment, Heliyon. He is the recipient of the grand price as ‘the outstanding reviewer of the month’ of November 2018 for the Journal of Cleaner Production. He is an accomplished team player and a technocrat with problem solving skills and excellent service delivery across projects in environmental, civil and water engineering chain with the overriding aim of making impactful contribution towards ensuring safe, secured and sustainable environment.