Saburi Adesanya Adejimi is a

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academic, author and the 7th substantive Vice-chancellor of the Olabisi Onabanjo University. He is a professor of pharmacognosy. He was formerly the Acting Vice-Chancellor before being confirmed in 2015. He left the office in 2017 after five years of service.

Education

Professor Adeyemi attended Baptist Grammar School, Ibadan between 1966 and 1970, he then proceeded to Igbobi College, Lagos from 1971 to 1972. He afterward went to the

University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public university located in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Initially founded as the University College Ibadan in 1948, it maintained its affiliation with the University of London. In 1962, it became an independe ...

in 1973 where he bagged the Bachelor of Science Degree in

Biochemistry Biochemistry, or biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology, a ...

in 1976. He again went to the

Obafemi Awolowo University Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal university in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in October 1962 as the University of Ife by the regional government of Western Nigeria, which w ...

where he bagged a Master’s degree in Philosophy in 1981. He obtained his Doctorate degree in

Pharmacognosy Pharmacognosy is the interdisciplinary scientific study of natural drugs and bioactive compounds from plants, animals, and minerals—originally focused on identifying crude drugs but now expanded to molecular, chemical, ecological, and medicin ...

from the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...

in 1984.

References

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