Professor Abdullahi Alanamu AbdulRahaman, PhD, the former Head of the Department of Plant Biology was employed as an Assistant Lecturer in 2002 to the University of Ilorin, Ilorin in the then Department of Biological Sciences. He obtained a Nigeria Certificate of Education (NCE) in 1992 from the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, BSc Honours Degree (Botany) in 1998 from the Department of Biological Sciences, MSc Degree (Botany) and PhD Degree (Plant Biology) in 2002 and 2010 from the Departments of Botany and Plant Biology of University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria respectively. He equally obtained Higher National Diploma in Public Administration in 1996 from Kwara State Polytechnics, Ilorin, and Certificate in Data Processing in 1997 from the University of Ilorin Computer Centre, Ilorin.
Prof AbdulRahaman has steadily risen to the rank of a Professor. He published many articles in reputable journals, both locally and internationally. He had served the Department, Faculty, and the University as a whole in various capacities (administratively and as a member of multiple committees). He was the Acting Head of the Department between 2013 to 2015 and substantial Head of Department from 2017 to 2021. Prof AbdulRahaman is a member of many academic societies such as the Botanical Society of Nigeria (BOSON), Nigerian Society of Experimental Biology (NISEB), Society for Conservation of Phytofuel and Sciences, Linnean Society of London, Society of Biology, Society of Herbarium Curator, and American Society of Plant Taxonomists. He is the Secretary to the Society for Conservation of Phytofuel and Sciences, and an Assistant Editor for the International Journal of Phytofuel and Sciences.
Prof AbdulRahaman attended and presented papers in many scientific and academic conferences and workshops. His areas of expertise include Plant Anatomy and Wood Technology, Plant Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics, Environmental Botany, Palynology, Forensic Botany, and Anatomical Pharmacognosy. Currently, his research interest is on correlating glandular trichome density to the total essential oil yields of some species of Ocimum (Lamiaceae). Also, attempts are on micropropagation of these plants and modifying genes responsible for glandular trichomes production with the aim of increasing their glandular trichome densities. He was at the COMSATS Institute of Information of Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, Pakistan as a Senior Visiting Research Scholar under the sponsorship of TWAS-CIIT Visiting Scholar Fellowships. Prof AbdulRahaman has supervised several research projects both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His hobbies include football, athletics, reading, music, and traveling.
