Dr Olumide Olukanni is an environmental biotechnologist with interest in pollutants biodegradation and wastewater remediation. He obtained a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He was a visiting research to Shivaji University Kolhapur, India (2009), University of Hamburg, Germany (2014), University of Innsbruck, Austria (2022). He was lecturer of the year (2016), Chairman, Best University Committee (2016) and received the University Baca Laurel in 2018. He has attracted several research grants: TWAS-DFG, 2014; TWAS-IsDB grant 2019, GCRF Network 2020, Africa-Uninet 2022.