Biography

Ahmed Olayiwola Akeem holds a DVM, MSc. and Ph.D. degrees. He joined the University of Ilorin in 2015 as Lecturer II and rose to Lecturer I in 2017. He belongs to various professional and community associations.  He has attended many national and international training programs,  conferences, and workshops. He has many awards to his credit, these include; the University of Ilorin Study Fellowship Award 2019 till Date; Director’s List of Honour, Uka Tarsadia University, India 2019; N.G. Patel Grants Award for C.G. Patel (Bhakta) Grant in Biotechnology, 2018 and won Werner Baltes fellowship at German federal Institute (BFR), Berlin, Germany, 2023. He is a member of several professional and international organizations among which are; the Science Association of Nigeria (SAN), the American Society of Microbiology (ASM), the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), World Health Organization-Global Food Networks, (GFN)

He has represented the University and Faculty in several committee and administrative positions.