Full First Name(s)
Adekunle
Title (honorific)
Prof
Academic Qualifications
PhD (2002, University of Ibadan, Nigeria); MSc (1994, University of Ibadan, Nigeria); BSc (1990, University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
Brief Biography (English)

Prof Adekunle Bakare had his Postdoctoral training as a TWAS/CSIR Postdoctoral Fellow at the India Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India; and with a UI/MacArthur Foundation Grant in the Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany.

He was an Alexander Von Humboldt Georg Forster Experience Researcher Fellow in the Molecular Cell Biology Group of Institute for Environmental Medicine and Hospital Hygiene, Freiburg, Germany. Prof Bakare has Trained and Graduated several BSc and MSc students as well as 8 PhD students.

His major Research focus is genotoxicity and mutagenicity of xenobiotics in the Nigerian environment. This is apart from his other Studies in molecular malaria entomology, population genetics, ecotoxicology and human molecular genetics. Prof Bakare Participated in an investigation into the molecular mechanisms underlying apoptosis induction and cell cycle modulation by isothiocyanates obtained from cruciferous vegetables in hepatocellular carcinoma and non-transformed liver cells.

He is a Member of many professional bodies and has Attended and Participated in many Conferences and Workshops. Prof Bakare is presently the Journal Secretary of “The Zoologist”, the official Journal of the Zoological Society of Nigeria, one of the Associate Editors of Toxicology Reports (an Elsevier journal), and President of the Genetic Toxicology Association of Nigeria. He has Published widely in peer-reviewed journals.

Job Title
Professor and Head of Department
Primary Organisation
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Website Address for Primary Organisation
African Country
Nigeria
African Region
West Africa

Adekunle Bakare