R & D scientist

To be involved in invention of ideas and translation into commercial innovation of the

o Jan 2008 to date University of Cape Town, Research/ Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
- Involved in conducting independent research aimed at experiential learning and to serve as a path for further academic and professional development.
- Involved in lecturing a postgraduate course.
- Research funded by the Claude Leon Foundation.

o 2005 to 2007 University of Cape Town, Research/ Teaching Assistant.
- Involved in conducting and supervising a third year undergraduate practical course in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Course (CHE3049W) involves process optimisation in the brewery industry, focusing on mass transfer process.
- Involved in the designing of experiments and course outline.

o 2003 to 2004 Rhodes University, Research/ Teaching Assistant.
- Involved in conducting and supervising a second year and final year undergraduate practical course in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology. Course involved enzymology and separation techniques (Chromatography and SDS PAGE)
- Involved in the designing of experiments.

o 2001 to 2002 Princeton Health Limited (Health Maintenance Organisation). Ibadan, Nigeria: Medical/ Marketing executive.
- Involved in the presentation of health maintenance/ insurance to hospitals and other organisations. This has led to the establishment of a thriving organisation (Princeton Health Ltd) which presently provides a nationwide health maintenance and medical insurance services in Nigeria.

o Feb to Jun 2008 Certificate in Project Management, Continuing Professional Development Programme, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa.
o 2004 to 2008 Department of Chemical Engineering, UCT.
PhD in Chemical Engineering: “An investigation into the relationship between process kinetics and microbial community dynamics in a lactate-fed sulphidogenic CSTR as a function of residence time and sulphate loading”.

o 2002 to 2003 Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, South Africa.
MSc in Biochemistry: “The enzymology of sludge solubilisation under biosulphidogenic conditions: Isolation, characterisation and partial purification of endoglucanases”.

o 1992 to 1995 Wesley College of Science, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Senior Secondary School ‘O’ Level Certificate (West African Examinations Council

o Member, South African Institution of Chemical Engineers (SAICHE)
o Member, South African Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB)
o Member, South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM)
o Member, Water Institute of South Africa (WISA)
o Member, European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB)

Selected Publications
o 2008 O.O Oyekola, R. van Hille, and S.T.L. Harrison. Study of anaerobic lactate metabolism under biosulphidogenic conditions. Water Research (in press).
o 2007 O.O Oyekola, R. van Hille, and S.T.L. Harrison. Effect of sulphate concentration on the community structure and activity of sulphate reducing bacteria. Advanced Materials Research. 20-21: 513-515.
o 2007 O.O Oyekola, R. van Hille, and S.T.L. Harrison. Effect of sulphate concentration on the community structure and activity of sulphate reducing bacteria. Paper presented at The 17th International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium, Frankfurt, Germany. Sept. 2-5, 2007.
o 2007 O.O Oyekola, R. van Hille, and S.T.L. Harrison. Study of anaerobic lactate metabolism under biosulphidogenic conditions: optimisation of acid mine drainage treatment. Paper presented at The 2nd International EWA Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Waters in Protected Areas. April 25-27, 2007.
o 2007 Oyekola, O.O., Ngesi, N. and Whiteley, C.G. Isolation, purification and characterisation of an endoglucanase and â-glucosidase from an anaerobic sulphidogenic bioreactor. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 40: 637-644.
o 2006 Oluwaseun Oyekola and Brett Pletschke (2006). ATP-sulphurylase: An enzymatic marker for biological sulphate reduction? Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 38: 3511-3515.