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• Dr .Jacob Olalekan Arawande is a Senior Lecturer and current acting Head of Chemistry Department at University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Nigeria. He graduated with First Class and distinction in his undergraduate and post graduate studies.He has a...More

  Dr .Jacob Olalekan Arawande is a Senior Lecturer and current acting Head of Chemistry Department at University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Nigeria. He graduated with First Class and distinction in his undergraduate and post graduate studies.He has a PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry in 2013 from Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.His area of research is food analysis/chemistry and the use of plant extracts in preserving edible oils against hydrolytic and oxidative rancidity. He has been able to identify many vegetables and fruits peels that their extracts have been very useful as antioxidants against edible oil deterioration. Dr. Arawande is a registered member of Science Association of Nigeria, Chemical Society of Nigeria, Nigerian Institute of Food Science Technology and Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technologist. He has demonstrated a high academic standards in research works which have been document in forty-five (45) articles in reputable local, national and international journals, fourteen (14) conference proceedings and four (4) textbooks.He has attended many conferences both locally and internationally. He is a member of many committes at Departmental, Faculty and Institutional levels in the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo.He is serving as External Assessor in the Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti and as External Examiner in the Department of Science Laboratory Technology (Applied Chemistry Option) in Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Osun-State Polytechnic ,Iree and Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke. 

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EXPERIENCE

• University of Medical Sciences Ondo

  • Ag. HOD/Senior Lecturer
  • Chemistry
  • Present

• University of Medical Sciences Ondo

  • Ag. HOD/Senior Lecturer
  • Chemistry
  • March 2016 to Present

• Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo

  • Head of Unit/Lecturer
  • Science Laboratory Technolog (Applied Chemistry)
  • November 2005 to March 2016

• Vegetable Oil Division, Jof Ideal Family Farms Limited, Owo

  • Assistant Quality Assurance Manager
  • Quality Assurance
  • November 1995 to November 2005

EDUCATION

• Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko

  • B.Sc
  • February 2015 to July 2018

• Federal University of Technology Akure

  • Ph.D
  • December 2007 to April 2013

• Federal University of Technology Akure

  • M. Tech
  • November 2003 to November 2005

• Federal University of Technology Akure

  • PGD
  • June 2000 to February 2002

• Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti

  • Higher National Diploma
  • November 1996 to September 1998

• Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti

  • National Diploma
  • December 1992 to December 1994

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