UNILAG Gets New Deputy Vice –Chancellor
The University of Lagos on Thursday said it has appointed Professor Oluwole Babafemi Familoni, a Professor of Chemistry as its new Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academics and Research.
The institution in a statement signed by the Principal Assistant Registrar (Communication Unit) Mrs. C. Taiwo Oloyede said the appointment is with effect from Tuesday, April 3, 2018.
The management added that, ‘’His appointment which is in accordance with the provisions of the University of Lagos Act (1967) as specifically amended in Section 4 and 5 in the Universities (miscellaneous provision) Act 1993 is sequel to his nomination and election at the University Senate Meeting held on Wednesday, March 28, 2018. The tenure of the appointment will be for two (2) years with effect from Tuesday, April 3, 2018.’’
Professor Oluwole Babafemi Familoni is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Lagos. Born on November 24, 1957, he obtained B.Sc. Honours in Chemistry with Second Class Upper Division in 1981, M.Phil. in Chemistry in 1986 and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1990 all at the University of Lagos. He was appointed Lecturer II in 1990 and full Professor in 2004.
He is a Chartered Chemist and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, Fellow of the Chemical Society of Nigeria, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria and member of the Governing Council of the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria.
Familoni’s area of specialisation is synthesis of heterocyclic compounds with physiological activities and natural product chemistry.
He has been publishing these areas of research since 1987 and his synthesis are mainly sulphur containing heterocycle which includes: Pyrido[1,2-a]quinoxalinone, thiazolo[4,3-b]quinoxa-linone, Isothaizoles, substituted Benzothiazines, Pyridobenzothiadiazines, deoxyjacareubin, Xanthones, Dibenzo[b,f]oxapinone , among others.
In the area of natural products chemistry, he has been active in the isolation of active ingredients and the physiological active compounds. The plants he had worked on include: BuchholziaCoriacea, Ficusvallis-chouldaeDelile-holl (Moraraceae) and Datariummicrocarpum Gill-perr. (Caesapinaceae), Lecaniodiscuscupanodes and many other plants.
In the University, Familoni was Sub-dean of the Faculty of Science (2000–2002), Head of the Department of Chemistry (2002–2005), Dean of the Faculty of Science (2008–2012), Chairman, Housing Committee of the University. He was a member of Development Committee, Home Ownership Committee, Appointments and Promotions Committee, Member of University Publications Vetting Committee and Advancement Board to mention but a few. He was Director, School of Foundation Studies (2016-2018) and is a member of Council, University of Lagos (2016 till date)
He is member of the board of trustees of Adeboye Chair of Mathematics and Ogunye Chair of Chemical Engineering, a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Scientific Research and Development, and since 2012, he has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal.
