Dr. Oguntade R. Olalekan, Ffs
Vice President, FIN & Linkages
o.oguntade@fison.org.ng
lalekan@yahoo.co.uk
olalekanoguntade@gmail.com
oguntadero@niomr.gov.ng
+2348023207658, +2347031859674

Olalekan Rahman OGUNTADE, Ph.D., a staff at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development/ Nigeria Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) since 1997.

STATUS

• Assistant Director Research/ Head Genomic Section, Biotechnology Department (NIOMR) - (Present).
• Senior Lecturer (Sabbatical) Nnamdi Azikiwe university, Awka, Anambra State) - April 2018 – March 2019
• Visiting Scholar to Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquaculture and the program of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Auburn University, Alabama, United State of America - July 2012
• Visiting Scholar to Nnamdi Azikiwe university, Awka, Anambra State (April 2019 – July 2019).

FIELD OF SPECIALISATION

• Fisheries and Aquaculture Molecular Genetics

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Genome and genetics of capture and cultured fish species

EDUCATION

• University of Lagos, Lagos Nigeria, Ph.D. Cell Biology & Genetics, (2016)
• Galilee International Management Institute (GIMI), Nahalal Israel: Diploma, Sustainable Aquaculture: Intensive Fish Cultivation Management (2012)
• Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research (CLAR), Abassa, Egypt: Certificate in Principles of Genetic and Breeding of Tilapia (2010)
• Xiamen University, China, Certificate in Technology of Marine culture (2001)
• Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Israel , PG Diploma in Aquaculture Production and Manag. (2001)
• University of Lagos, Lagos Nigeria, M.Sc. Zoology (Fisheries/Aquaculture & Marine Ecology), (1995)
• University of Lagos, Lagos Nigeria, B.Sc. (Hons) Zoology (1992)

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL HONOURS AND ACTIVITIES

• Local Collaborator - Department for International Development (DFID Project No. R8287) – 2005 - 2007
• Principal Investigator - Competitive Agricultural Research Grant Scheme (CARGS Project No. RFA3:19&20) – 2010 - 2012
• Fellow of Fisheries Society of Nigeria (2016)
• Team Leader/Tilapia program - West Africa Agricultural Productivity Project (WAAPP-Nigeria) 2013 - 2016
• Co-Principal Investigator- Development of Pure line Broodstock for Catfish in the Niger Delta Region for Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND)/FISON - 2018-2019
• Broodstock Development FISON /PIND (2019)
• Aquaculture consultant to USAID- Nigeria MARKET II project on all-male tilapia production and best farm management practices for networked aquaculture association partners. 2016
• Member Technical Working Group (TWG) and Technical Committee (TC) on Draft Nigerian Industrial standard for fish feed and fish feed value chain. (World Bank/SON Team) - 2019/2020

PUBLICATIONS

• Over 40 local and international peer reviewed publications

CONSULTANCY REPORTS

• Several Consultancy and technical reports for private, cooperate and multinational agencies such as USAID-MARKETII, PIND, DFID, Income Electricity Nigeria Ltd etc. on Fisheries and Aquaculture cum genetic improvement of fish species

ONGOING RESEARCH

• Productivity enhancement of farmed tilapia species and strains using Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) and differential expression of growth genes