Dr Oyenihi conducts scientific research in the field of Biomedical Sciences, Toxicology, and Phytomedicine. He has earned more than 5 years’ postgraduate experience teaching and carrying out research in the Life Sciences with 14 published articles, more than 300 citations and an h‐index of 8 (Google Scholar®). Dr Oyenihi is particularly interested in contributing to the Bio-economy through the development of innovative nutraceuticals, functional foods, and other natural products useful in the management of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and rheumatoid arthritis.
He obtained a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in November 2016 and subsequently completed a 2-year post-doctoral fellowship in the Multidisciplinary Stress Biology research group of the Department of Physiological Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. The goal is to continue in a University/Industry position performing excellent research that is targeted at solving global scientific and health challenges. His current research interests are Functional foods/medicinal plants/phytochemicals in the management of chronic diseases (diabetes, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis) and to improve human health; Physiological and molecular mechanisms of chronic diseases; Analytical methods (HPLC, GC-FID, and GCMS) for quality control, diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
Dr Oyenihi has Core skill in Teaching life science modules to higher education undergraduates and research supervision; Scientific research design, implementation, data analysis, and interpretation.
Efficacy and/or toxicity testing of drugs/natural products/compounds using suitable small laboratory animal models, and Proficiency in a variety of biomedical and laboratory skills including are Qualitative and quantitative determination of drugs/natural products/compounds in different sample matrices using techniques such as spectrophotometry, Western blotting, HPLC, GCMS, microscopy et; Isolation and extraction of plant-derived compounds using suitable laboratory solvents; Analytical method (HPLC) development and validation; Writing and editing scientific manuscripts (English); Effective communication and presentation (English); Ability to develop important inter-personal and inter-disciplinary relationships/collaborations.
