Bamidele Solomon

Bamidele Ogbe Solomon (7 July 1955, Idofin-Isanlu, Kogi State – 10 May 2023) was a Nigerian academic and professor of chemical engineering. He was a prominent figure in the Nigeria's biotechnology policy formulation and was the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) for two terms, from 2005 - 2013.

Early life and education Bamidele Solomon was born in 1955 in Idofin-Isanlu, Kwara State (now in Kogi State). He started his secondary education at ECWA Secondary School, Mopa, Kogi State, where he studied from 1968 to 1972 before transferring to Federal Government College, Sokoto in 1973, graduating with an O'Level certificate in 1974. During this period, he worked in other institutions, including at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, where he was an associate lecturer in biochemical engineering (genetic engineering) from 1989 to 1992.

He was a consultant with several private and public organisations including Mobil Producing Nigeria, NNPC, International Brewery Limited, Chevron, Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, and federal ministries of Solid Minerals, Environment, and Science and Technology.

Selected publications Statistical Estimation of Yield and Maintenance Parameters Associated with Microbial Growth National Biotechnology Status Survey, 2008 Cultivation of Selected Tropical Edible Mushroom: A Hands-on Manual Properties of Biodiesel Feedstock as an Effective Ecofuel Source and Their Challenges Biomass Yields and Maintenance Requirements for growth on Carbohydrates Development of Malt for the Nigerian Brewing Industries: Malting of Grain Sorghum Microbial Conversion of Maize and Sorghum Dusts to High Protein Food Evaluation of Microbial Systems for Bioremediation of Petroleum Refinery Effluents in Nigeria Utilization of Airlift Fermenters in the Mass Propagation of Pseudomonas and Aureobasidium Species for the Bioremediation of Crude Oil Polluted Aquatic Environments Physicochemical Characterization of Delonox Regia Oil and Heterogeneous Catalyst Synthesis from the Husk for Biodiesel Production using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) Design Approach Optimization of process variables for microbial degradation of phenol by binary mixed culture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens using response surface methodology Influencing Politicians and Policy Makers to Pave Way for a Viable Biotechnology Sector: A Case Study of the Nigerian Biosafety Bill Drafting, Passage, Experiences and Lessons Learnt" in Biotechnology for Africa