Professor Abiodun Adewale Oladipo

Professor Abiodun Adewale Oladipo (born January 1, 1958, Ile-Ife, Nigeria) is a Nigerian academician, administrator, and politician. His Contribution includes, the field of nuclear chemistry, as well as his involvement in Nigerian politics. He serves as the Pro-chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Osun State University.

Early life and education Oladipo attended St. John's Catholic Grammar School, Ile-Ife, from 1972 to 1976. During this period, he achieved a Grade 1 in the West African Senior Certificate Examination. He then pursued his bachelor's degree in Chemistry (Education) at Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly University of Ife), Ile-Ife, graduating with Second Class (Upper Division) honors in 1981. Following his undergraduate studies, he continued his education abroad at the Université Claude Bernard, Lyon I, Villeurbanne, France, where he obtained an MPhil and a PhD in Analytical Chemistry (Nuclear Techniques) With more than five publications in 1984-1988, under the active supervision of Professor JP Thomas.

Administrative career Throughout his career, Oladipo has held various positions, including Head of Division, Environmental and Earth Sciences, CERD, OAU, and membership on the Academic Board, CERD, OAU.

Achievements and awards He has authorised many articles ). Additionally, he served as the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, from 2009 to 2011.

In July 2013, he was nominated as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and was subsequently elected for a substantive four-year tenure in December 2014 at the Party's Special National Convention held in Abuja.

Publications

J.P. Thomas, A. Oladipo and M. Fallavier; 1988;B32: 354–359. H. Allali, O. Debre, B. Lagrange, B. Nsouli, A. A. Oladipo and J. P. Thomas; 1995; "Spontaneous Desorption : A Controlled Phenomenon for Surface Analysis Application? Part I : New evidence for a sputtering process induced by a well localized field enhanced desorption"; C. A Adesanmi, I. A. Tubosun, F. A. Balogun, and A. A. Oladipo; 1997; "Advantages of Combined IENAA and Ko-factor Technique in the Determination of U and Th Concentrations in Exploration Rock Samples"; H. Allali, M. Ben Embarek, O. Debre, B. Nsouli, A. Oladipo, A. Roche and J. P. Thomas: 1997; "An HSF-SIMS Investigation of the Prephosphatation Contribution to the Phosphatation Process of Silicon Steel Surface"; Rapid Comm. Mass Spectr. 11 1377–1382. C. A. Adesanmi, F. A. Balogun, M. K. Fasasi, I. A. Tubosun, A. A. Oladipo; 2001; A semi- empirical formula for HPGe detector efficiency calibration;