Qualifications: BSc 2010, MSc 2014, PhD 2019

Area of Specialization: Plant Physiology/ Molecular Biology

• My research area spans through plant response to stress, crop improvement and plant molecular biology. Currently, my research tends to understand how crops like maize, sorghum, pearl millet adapt to several stress conditions in order to support the UN sustainable development goals number 2. I am a recipient of  TWAS DBT Postgraduate Fellowship, India, 2016. American Society of Plant Biology Conviron Scholar Fellowship at University of Maryland, Baltimore, US, 2017. J R Biotek Foundation Plant Molecular Biology  Scholarship  at  University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2018. Hemsley Fellowship at Cold Spring Harbor  Laboratory, New York, US, 2019.

Membership of Professional bodies:

- Botanical Society of Nigeria (BOSON)

- Botanical Society of America (BSA)

- American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

- Society For Experimental Biology (SEB)