Gabriel Babatunde Ogunmola is a

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Professor of

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and

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Education and career

Professor Ogunmola obtained a bachelor and doctorate in chemistry from the

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in 1965 and 1968 respectively. In July 1968, he joined the department of Chemistry, University of Ibadan as a postdoctoral research fellow and in 1969, he left the UI to join the

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as a postdoctoral research fellow at Johnson Research Foundation, Department of Biophysics and Medical Physics. In 1970, he returned to the University of Ibadan as an academic staff in the department of chemistry, where he became a full professor in 1980 and in 1983, he was appointed, Dean, Faculty of Science,

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, the then Ogun State University. In 1981, he was elected as fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science and in January 2003, he was elected president of the

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to succeeded Professor

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. In 2005, he retired from the University of Ibadan and in 2004, prior to his retirement, he was appointed as member, Honorary Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology to the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ogunmola, Gabriel Babatunde Living people University of Ibadan alumni Academic staff of the University of Ibadan Fellows of the Nigerian Academy of Science Academic staff of Lead City University Nigerian expatriate academics in the United States University of Pennsylvania faculty Academic staff of Olabisi Onabanjo University Nigerian chemists People from Oyo State Year of birth missing (living people)