His appointment is in accordance with the provision of the University of Lagos Act (1967) as specifically amended in Section 4 and 5 in the University (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 1993. It is sequel to his nomination and election at the University Senate Meeting held on Wednesday, February 29, 2012.
Professor Babajide Alo was born on October 6, 1951. He attended St. Michael’s Primary School, Kaduna (1956-1963) and Ibadan Christ Apostolic Grammar School, Oniyere, Ibadan (1964-1968) where he obtained his West African School Certificate. He was at the Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo (1969-1970) for his Higher School Certificate (HSC). He obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry (Second Class Upper) from the University of Ibadan in 1974 and a doctorate degree in Chemistry from the same University in 1979.
He started his lectureship career in 1975 at the University of Ibadan as a Graduate Assistant in Chemistry (teaching Preliminary Inorganic Chemistry and Tutorials, Part 2 Organic Chemistry Tutorial) and Demonstrator in Chemistry, University of Ibadan (1978-1979). He joined the services of the University of Lagos as Lecturer Grade II in 1979 and steadily rose through the ranks to Lecturer Grade I (1981-1984); Senior Lecturer (1984-1989); Associate Professor (1989-1993) and Professor of Chemistry (1993).
Professor Alo who is a member of the University Senate (1996-till Date) has served the University of Lagos in various capacities. He was elected to the Senate of the University (1984-1990); Acting Dean (February to July, 1991) and Dean(1999-2003), School of Postgraduate Studies; Chairman, University Committee on the Adoption of Collegiate System (1991); Managing Director, UNILAG CONSULT (the Consultancy Services of the University of Lagos) 1994-1995; Chairman, UNILAG Endowment Board (1998-1990); Head, Department of Chemistry (2006-2010); Chairman, UNILAG Consult Management Board (2008 to date) among others.
He was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and Visiting Professor to Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. His University teaching and research experience include; Training in Chemistry of Bioactive Fungal Metabolites, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, England (with Professor Jake Macmillan, 1977); WHO Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Ibadan, (working on the Synthesis of Long-Acting contraceptive Steroids with Professor E.K. Adesogan, April 1979-September, 1979); Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (working with Professor.V. Snieckus) and CIDA/NSERC Research Fellow at the Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work-in-Chemistry.
The accomplished scholar is a recipient of several academic distinctions and awards, including, Western State of Nigeria, 2 years Higher School Certificate Scholarship Award, (1960); Annual Chemistry Essay Prize, University of Ibadan (1971); Canada International Development Agency/NSERC Research Associateship Award; Royal Society of Chemistry Research Award; RSC Perkin Division Academic Staff Award, among others.
He is a Fellow of four key Professional Societies in Chemistry and Environmental Matters in Nigeria: the Nigerian Academy of Science (FAS); Chemical Society of Nigeria (FCSN); Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (FIPAN); Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (FICCON) and Member, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, England, to mention a few.
Professor Alo’s special recognitions include: Keynote Speaker at 32nd South African Chemical Institute Convention (First Black African to address any SACI Convention in the 64 years of its existence (1994); Listed in several “Who’s Who in Nigeria”; elected African Scholar and Distinguished Speaker of the Year, University of South Africa, (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa (2010); Co-Chair of UNEP’s OETLWG on ICCM (2008); Co-Chair, UNEP’s Project on chemicals in products and member of the International Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution (GESAMP).
Professor Alo has to his credit over 60 publications in books, monographs and articles in learned journals and over 50 Conference papers and proceedings. His area of specialization is Heterocyclic Compounds as well as Organic Toxicants in the Environment and Environmental Assessment. He is widely travelled across the continents on academic pursuits.
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