Olushola M. Awoyemi, PhD, MBA, DABT

About

I am an Environmental Toxicology & Risk Assessment Scholar with proficiency in pollution monitoring, water quality assessment, environmental impact assessment (EIA), descriptive toxicology, molecular toxicology, research design, data analysis and interpretation using software such as SPSS, JMP, GraphPad, Excel, ArcGIS, Galaxy etc. I hold a Doctoral degree in Biological science from Tennessee State University and a Doctoral degree in Environmental Toxicology from Texas Tech University coupled with an MBA degree in STEM-focussed General Business. I am committed to making the world a better place by contributing to Environmental Health & Safety, Development & Sustainability.

Employment

• Altria Group Risk Assessment Toxicologist/Senior Scientist
  2020 - Present
• United States Environmental Protection Agency ORISE Fellow, Environmental Risk Assessment
  2020 - 2020
• Texas Tech University Graduate Research Assistant/DDC Fellow
  2017 - 2020
• Tennessee State University Research/Research Assistant
  2014 - 2017
• Independent Consulting Consulting/Consultant
  2010 - Present

Education

• Texas Tech University MBA/General Business
  2018 - 2019
• Texas Tech University Ph.D/Environmental Toxicology
  2017 - 2020
• Tennessee State University Ph.D/Biological Sciences
  2014 - 2017
• University of Lagos M.Sc./Environmental Toxicology & Pollution Mgt.
  2011 - 2012
• Obafemi Awolowo University M.Sc./Environmental Control and Management
  2010 - 2012
• Olabisi Onabanjo University B.Sc./Biochemistry
  2002 - 2007

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (18)

• Toxicity Testing of Effluent-Dominated Stream Using Predictive Molecular-Level Toxicity Signatures Based on High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry: A Case Study of the Lubbock Canyon Lake System
  Naveen Kumar, Haoqi Nina Zhao, Olushola M. Awoyemi +2 more
  Environmental Science & Technology 2021 9 citations DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c05546
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• Nitrate-N-mediated toxicological responses of Scenedesmus acutus and Daphnia pulex to cadmium, arsenic and their binary mixture (Cd/Asmix) at environmentally relevant concentrations
  Olushola M. Awoyemi, Seenivasan Subbiah, Anahi Velazquez +3 more
  Journal of Hazardous Materials 2020 9 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123189
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• Trophic-Level Interactive Effects of Phosphorus Availability on the Toxicities of Cadmium, Arsenic, and Their Binary Mixture in Media-Exposed Scenedesmus acutus and Media and Dietary-Exposed Daphnia pulex
  Olushola M. Awoyemi, Seenivasan Subbiah, Kelsey N. Thompson +3 more
  Environmental Science & Technology 2020 18 citations DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b07657
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• Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and exogenous glutathione mitigate coal fly ash (CFA)-induced phytotoxicity in CFA-contaminated soil
  Olushola M. Awoyemi, Ekundayo O. Adeleke, E. Kudjo Dzantor
  Journal of Environmental Management 2019 17 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.02.103
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• Comparative analyses of the neurobehavioral, molecular, and enzymatic effects of organophosphates on embryo-larval zebrafish (Danio rerio)
  Cassandra Schmitt, Michelle M. McManus, Naveen Kumar +2 more
  Neurotoxicology and teratology 2019 44 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2019.04.002
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• Comparative Lipid Peroxidation and Apoptosis in Embryo‐Larval Zebrafish Exposed to Three Azole Fungicides, Tebuconazole, Propiconazole, and Myclobutanil, at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations
  Naveen Kumar, Olushola M. Awoyemi, A. Willis +4 more
  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2019 54 citations DOI: 10.1002/etc.4429
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• Behavioral, molecular and physiological responses of embryo-larval zebrafish exposed to types I and II pyrethroids
  Olushola M. Awoyemi, Naveen Kumar, Cassandra Schmitt +2 more
  Chemosphere 2019 82 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.12.026
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• Toxicity of coal fly ash (CFA) and toxicological response of switchgrass in mycorrhiza-mediated CFA-soil admixtures
  Olushola M. Awoyemi, E. Kudjo Dzantor
  Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (EES) 2017 19 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.06.059
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• Bioethanol Production from Switchgrass Grown on Coal Fly Ash-amended Soil
  Olushola M. Awoyemi, Ekundayo O. Adeleke
  World Journal of Agricultural Research 2017 5 citations DOI: 10.12691/wjar-5-3-4
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• Toxicological Investigation of Coal Fly Ash (CFA) as Soil Amendment for the Production of Bioenergy Feedstock.
  Toxicological Sciences 2016
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• Comparative Study on Toxicity, Accumulation and Biochemical Effects of Lead and Zinc in Clarias gariepinus & Oreochromis niloticus
  2015
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• Bio-accumulation and Biochemical Responses in African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) to Sublethal Concencrations of Lead and Zinc.
  Toxicological Sciences 2015
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• Genotoxic Effect of Benzene and Xylene on Allium cepa (Onion).
  Toxicological Sciences 2015
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• Analysis of the Foraging Behaviour of Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) in Relation to its use as a Biological Method for the Environmental Control of Mosquito Larvae.
  International Journal of Research and Reviews in Applied Sciences 2014
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• Accumulation and Anti-oxidant Enzymes as Biomarkers of Heavy Metal Exposure in Clarias gariepinus and Oreochromis niloticus
  Olushola M. Awoyemi, Kafilat Adebola Bawa-Allah, Adebayo Akeem Otitoloju
  Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences 2014 15 citations DOI: 10.12691/aees-2-5-2
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• The Physico-chemical Properties of Groundwater in Relation to Surface water Pollution in Majidun Area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria.
  Olushola M. Awoyemi, Albert Cosmas Achudume, Aderonke Adetutu Okoya
  American Journal of Water Resources 2014 52 citations DOI: 10.12691/ajwr-2-5-4
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• Physico-chemical Properties of Groundwater in Relation to Surface water Pollution in Majidun Area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria.
  2013
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• Accumulation and Anti-oxidant Enzymes as Biomarkers of Heavy Metal Exposure in Clarias gariepinus and Oreochromis niloticus.
  2013
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