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TAU and Her drive towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Topic of Lecture:	TAU and Her drive towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Date of Lecture:	Wed 06 Sep 2023
Type of Lecture:	6
Name of Speaker:	Adekemi T. Dahunsi, Ph.D.
URI:	https://tau.edu.ng/lectures/faculty-lectures-view.php?i=4&a=tau-and-her-drive-towards-achieving-sustainable-development-goals-sdgs
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Dr Adekemi Titilayo Dahunsi is a trained Microbiologist with a specialization in Food Microbiology and Biotechnology. She studies the role(s) of microorganisms in food fermentation systems: food production and preservation. She obtained PhD in Food Microbiology from University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She is currently a Senior Lecturer at, the Department of Biological Sciences, Thomas Adewumi University, Oko, Kwara State. As a postdoctoral researcher, Dr Dahunsi continued her research in ranked research institutes in different countries; Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (India), Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ (Germany), Deutsches Biomassforschungzentrum, DBFZ (Germany).

Dr Dahunsi has positively influenced the nutritional landscape and immensely contributed to the much-needed revolution in the food fermentation industry via starter culture developments, her research focus is on biodiversity, phylogenetic taxonomy, probiotic, technological and molecular characterization of food-grade microorganisms isolated from indigenous African fermented foods. Dr Dahunsi has been Principal Investigator in many research studies. She has published and co-authored 26 research articles and reviews in international peer-reviewed journals with high impact factor as well as 4 book chapters (with more than 90% in Scopus). With a decade and a half of teaching and research experience, she has supervised many undergraduate and postgraduate students. Dr Dahunsi has participated in and presented papers at several international and national conferences. She is a reviewer in some highly cited international journals (Scientific Report, International Journal of Food Microbiology, Journal of Dairy Science, Biocatalyst and Agricultural Biotechnology, Asian Food Science Journal and Journal of Advances in Microbiology). Dr Dahunsi has received numerous awards from different scientific societies, including; AGNES Grant, awarded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH); L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women and Science Prize for Young Talents in SubSaharan Africa, awarded by the L’Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science; The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Italy and Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) travel Grant; Award for Publication of Articles from PhD. Thesis in High Impact Journals, University of Ibadan; Award of Postgraduate Fellowship by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Italy and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, India (TWAS-DBT), among others.

She has actively been involved in many universities’ administrative responsibilities. She is the convener of GemDaughters Initiative (A non-for-profit organization aimed at assisting every girl child to achieve her dreams by reaching her full potential and encouraging female participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects). She has Membership in the following professional bodies: Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World, American Society for Microbiology, International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics, Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology and Nigerian Society of Experimental Biology.

Synopsis of Lecture:

TAU RESEARCH HUB (TAURH) is a Special Monthly Research Capacity Building Lecture/Presentation Series for all TAU Academic Staff

TAURH September Edition is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 6th of September, 2023.

The objective of this event is to identify and promote opportunities and partnerships for TAU academia to accelerate transformations in high impact areas for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and identifying actionable strategies to advance the implementation of the SDGs....it promises to be an enlightening session