Dr. Oluwafemi Babatunde Daodu

Senior Lecturer

Veterinary Microbiology

Department: Veterinary Microbiology
Email: daodu.ob@unilorin.edu.ng
Office: Block D, Room 31, Veterinary Medicine Building, University of Ilorin
Research/Teaching: Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology/ Zoonotic viruses at Human-Animal Interface

Oluwafemi Babatunde DAODU is a Lecturer in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and a Consultant Virologist at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Ilorin with over a decade of university teaching, research, and administrative experience.

He currently serves as the acting head of the the Department and previously as Head of the Molecular Biology Laboratory and Virology/Immunology laboratory of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Ilorin. He has expertise in viral transmission at Human-Animal-Environmental Interface. He has won several grants (CHIR, IDRC, NIMR, PAR foundation) spanning across zoonotic viruses and antimicrobial resistance. He has to his credit over fifty publications (as of 2025) in reputable journal outlets covering journals and edited conference proceedings. He has successfully supervised four (4) undergraduate projects, and supervised/co-supervised four (4) master dissertations. He is a member of many professional bodies within and outside Nigeria.

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
Master of Veterinary Science in Veterinary Microbiology (M.V.Sc.)
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.)

Professional Affiliations

Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association
Biochemical Society, United Kingdom
Federation of European Biochemical Societies
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
American Society for Microbiologist
Applied Microbiology International

Undergraduate Teaching

General Veterinary Microbiology (VMB 302)
Pathogenic Bacteriology (VMB 401)
Mycology (VMB 403)
Immunology (VMB 405)
Veterinary Microbiology Clinics I (VMB 601)
Veterinary Microbiology Clinics II (VMB 602)

Postgraduate Teaching

Advances in Pathogenic Bacteriology (VMB 811)
Advances in Mycology (VMB 813)
Advances in Virology (VMB 815)
Molecular Microbiology (VMB 817)
Advanced Molecular Genetics (VMB 825)
Advances in Diagnostic Microbiology (VMB 812)
Advances in Mycoplasmology (VMB 814)
Advances in Immunology (VMB 816)
Advances in Diagnostic Virology (VMB 818)
Problems in Advanced Virology (VMB 823)
Microbial Chemistry and Physiology (VMB 822)
Microbial Genetics (VMB 824)
Cell Culture and Cell Culture Techniques (VMB 826)
Problems in Advanced Pathogenic Bacteriology (VMB 821)

Research Interests

Zoonotic viruses at Human-Animal-Environment Interface (One Health)
Viruses of Economic Importance
Microbes of Pandemic and Epidemic Potentials

Research Affiliations

Friedrich Loeffler Institut, Germany
University of Toronto, Canada
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
University of Maiduguri, Nigeria
University of Abuja, Nigeria
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Nigeria
National Veterinary Research Institute, Nigeria

Links to Publications

Get in Touch

For enquiries or collaborations, please use the contact details below.

Email

daodu.ob@unilorin.edu.ng

Office Address

Block D, Room 31, Veterinary Medicine Building, University of Ilorin

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