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Oyeshina Gideon OYEKU

Lecturer II
college of AGRICULTURE, ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE (COAES)
Pure and Applied Biology Programme

Member of a research team assessing cyanobacterial diversity and their toxicity potential in selected tropical surface waters in southwest Nigeria

Education
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Biological Sciences – 2022, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
  • Master of Science (M.Sc.) Zoology (Ecology and Environmental Biology) – 2015, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State
  • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. Hons.) Zoology – 2010, Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State
Research

Areas of research include climate change, taxonomy and eco-physiology of harmful microalgae, phyco-toxins and -toxicity, pigment and spectral analysis, marine and freshwater monitoring and assessment, biogeochemical cycling, remote sensing and macro-benthic invertebrate ecology. 

A recipients of the POGO Fellowship for Training on ‘Satellite-based tools for investigating aquatic ecosystems’ awarded to 42 persons globally. This intensive training which covered various aspects of satellite-based monitoring of marine productivity, pollution, bloom detection and prediction and water-borne disease forecasting. Part of this training took place physically at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom. I have heared the opportunity to present my research works in learned conferences at the National and International level. One of my research works presented at the XXXII Gujarat Science Congress (a national Conference, held at Bhavnagar, India in February, 2018) won the best poster presentation award, while another one was also awarded best poster presentation at the National Conference on Vistas in Biodiversity, Biology, Biotechnology and Nanotechnology of Algae (held at Chennai, India, in September, 2018).

Institutional Service
  • Head of Godliness, Excellence and Leadership (GEL) Unit
  • Member, University Research Policy Formulation Committee
Selected Publications
  1. Oladosu, O. O., Oyeku, O. G., Olatubi, V. I., Ayokunle, D. I., Okotie, S. O., Jibiri, T. M., Atobatele, O. E. (2023). Molecular Characterization of Ixodid Ticks Infesting Cattle. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science Vol. 1219 No. 012005. doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1219/1/012005
  2. Atobatele, O. E., Olatubi, I. V., Oyeku, O. G., Ayokunle, D. I., Oladosu, O. O., Ogunnaike, T. M. (2023). Analysis of COI gene phylogeny, prevalence and intensity of the bat fly Cyclopodia greeffi on roosting straw-coloured fruit bat Eidolon helvum in Southwest Nigeria. International Journal of Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife Vol. 21 pp 210-218. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.06.003
  3. Akindele, E. O., Oladeji, T. A., Kowobari, E. D., Adedapo, A. M., Fagbohun, I. R., Akinpelu, O. T., Oyeku, O. G. (2023). Gold mining impairs the biological water quality of a culturally important river and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nigeria. Environmental Pollution Vol. 326 pp 121470. doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121470 
  4. Oyeku, O. G., Anyaele, O., Akindele, E. O., Atobatele, O. E., Adeniyi, A. V. (2023). Biological water quality of an impaired tropical river: the macrozoobenthos approach. Biologia Vol. 78 pp 2131-2145. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01346-1. 
  5. Oyeku, O. G., Mandal, S. K. (2021). Taxonomy and okadaic acid production of a strain of Prorocentrum lima (Dinophyceae) isolated from the Bay of Bengal, North Indian Ocean. Toxicon Vol. 196 pp 32-43. doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.03.017
  6. Oyeku, O. G., Mandal, S. K. (2021). Historical occurrences of marine micro-algal blooms in Indian peninsula: Probable causes and implications. Oceanologia Vol. 63 No. 1 pp 51-70. doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2020.08.008
  7. Akindele E. O., Adeniyi, Akinkunle, V., Oyeku, O. G., Adu, B. W. (2017). Analysis of benthic macroinvertebrates, biological water quality and conservation value of a tropical river and UNESCO protected environment. African Journal of Ecology Vol. 56 No. 3 pp 488-498. doi.org/10.1111/aje.12482
  8. Akindele, E. O., Olutona, G. O., Oyeku, O. G., Akinkunle, A. V. (2017). Assessment of two persistent bioaccumulative toxicants in the UNESCO protected river of Osun-Osogbo, Nigeria. Ecological Processes Vol. No. 30. doi.org/10.1186/s13717-017-0097-1