Profile

Fullname:
 AJAYI BABATUNDE
Post:
 Professor
Email Address:
 babatundeajayi2000[at]yahoo.com
Telephone:
 +234-803-454-0627
Nationality:
 NIGERIA
Affiliation:
 MEMBER, THE INSTITUTE OF WOOD SCIENCE, U.K. MEMBER, COMMONWEALTH FORESTRY ASSOCIATION, U.K. MEMBER, FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY, U.S.A. MEMBER, FORESTRY ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA, NIGERIA. MEMBER, NIGERIAN SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, NIGERIA. MEMBER, NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, NIGERIA. MEMBER, SCIENCE ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA, NIGERIA. MEMBER, FOREST AND FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY, NIGERIA. MEMBER, INTERNATIONAL UNION OF FORESTRY RESEARCH ORGANIZATION. MEMBER, INTERNATIONAL INORGANIC BONDED COMPOSITES, USA. MEMBER, SOCIETY OF WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
Education:
 PH.D. WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, NIGERIA, 1994 – 2000; M.SC. FOREST INDUSTRIES TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH WALES, BANGOR, UK. 1986 – 1987; PGD TIMBER AND MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY, BULKS COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION HIGH – WYCOMBE UK, 1985 – 198
Background:
 PROFESSOR BABATUNDE AJAYI WAS BORN ON 25TH AUGUST, 1955 IN IJAN EKITI, NIGERIA. HE OBTAINED HIS HND IN GENERAL FORESTRY AT THE FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FORESTRY, IBADAN, PGD IN TIMBER AND MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY AT HIGH-WYCOMBE, UK IN 1986, MSC IN FOREST INDUSTRIES TECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH WALES BANGOR, UK IN 1990 AND PHD IN WOOD SCIENCE AND BIO-COMPOSITES TECHNOLOGY FROM THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, NIGERIA, IN 2000. HE ASSUMED THE STATUS OF A PROFESSOR IN 2010 AND HAS SERVED AS THE HOD OF FORESTRY AND WOOD TECHNOLOGY DEPT., FUTA, NIGERIA BETWEEN 2012 AND 2015. HE HAS ALSO SUPERVISED MANY STUDENTS AT PHD, M.AGRIC.TECH, AND B.AGRIC.TECH, AS WELL AS CO-SUPERVISED POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNIVERSITY. PROF. AJAYI HAS SERVED AS EXTERNAL EXAMINER TO UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN SOME UNIVERSITIES. HE HAS PUBLISHED MORE THAN 60 PAPERS IN REPUTABLE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS AND PRESENTED PAPERS AT MORE THAN 33 CONFERENCES AND PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS IN NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, AFRICA ETC. HIS RESEARCH FOCUS IS ON THE USE OF CONVENTIONAL BIOMATERIALS (WOOD) AND NON-CONVENTIONAL BIO-MATERIALS FROM AGRICULTURAL WASTES, COMMON WEEDS, WASTE PAPER AND OTHER WASTES PREVALENT IN NIGERIA AND WORLD ENVIRONMENT TO PRODUCE VALUE-ADDED PANEL PRODUCTS USING PORTLAND CEMENT, POZZOLAN, VIRGIN PLASTIC (HPDE), RECYCLED PLASTIC (LPDE), AND CAR BATTERY CASE (CBC) AS BINDERS, BY THE APPLICATION OF SIMPLE, INNOVATIVE AND ADAPTABLE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES. SUCH AFFORDABLE VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS CAN BE USED FOR CORE AND LOW COST HOUSING FOR LOW AND HIGH INCOME EARNERS IN URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE. THIS IS PREDICATED ON THE SUITABILITY OF WIDE RANGE OF RAW MATERIALS, DESIRE TO INCREASE WOOD RESOURCES UTILIZATION, ACCEPTABILITY OF THE NEW PRODUCTS IN THE MARKETS, THE DESIRE TO PROTECT FOREST BIODIVERSITY, THE PASSION TO USE VALUELESS AGRICULTURAL BYPRODUCTS, AND WEEDS FOR VALUE-ADDED PANEL PRODUCTION, ERADICATION OF POVERTY, AND CLIMATIC RESILIENCE. IN 2011, HE RECEIVED A MERIT AWARD AS THE BEST INNOVATIVE RESEARCHER FOR LOCAL RAW MATERIALS CONTENT, R&D FROM THE RAW MATERIALS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE TECHNO-EXPO 2011 IN ABUJA, NIGERIA. HIS RESEARCH PRODUCTS WERE ALSO DISPLAYED AT THE EXHIBIT ON INNOVATIVE WOOD PRODUCTS DURING THE 68TH SESSION OF THE UN ECONOMIC COMMISSION EUROPE/FAO AT THE UN OFFICE GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH SWST, IN OCTOBER, 2010 AND TO MARK THE 2011 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE FOREST. IN 2010, HE WAS ALSO INVITED BY CIFOR TO ATTEND A SMALL GATHERING OF EMINENT SCIENTISTS DURING THE XXIII IUFRO WORLD CONGRESS. HE PRESENTED HIS RESEARCH WORKS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA IN 2010 AS WELL. AJAYI HAS ATTENDED OTHER NOTABLE WORLD GATHERINGS OF EMINENT SCIENTISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATIONISTS SUCH AS THE WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS IN QUEBEC, CANADA IN 2003; BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, 2009; THE UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN DURBAR, SOUTH AFRICA, 2011 AND DOHA, QATAR, 2012. PROF AJAYI, HAS ALSO PRESENTED HIS RESEARCH FINDINGS AT VARIOUS PLACES GLOBALLY INCLUDING: VANCOUVER, CANADA IN 2004; GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN USA, 2004; MADRID, SPAIN 2008; VIETNAM IN 2015; ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, 2008; MADISON, WISCONSIN, 2010; PORTLAND, OREGON 2011; WASHINGTON, DC 2012; AUSTIN, TEXAS 2013; ATLANTA, GEORGIA 2015; JACKSON, WYOMING 2015; AALBORG DENMARK IN 2010; BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA 2005; CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA IN 2012; PORTUGAL 2016; BRAZIL, SAO PAULO, 2006, PIRASSUNUNGA AND LAVRAS 2007, PIRASSUNUNGA 2010; 2014. HE HAS CONTRIBUTED A CHAPTER IN A BOOK TITLED: ASSESSMENT OF INORGANIC BONDED PAPERBOARDS PRODUCED FROM KRAFT AND RECYCLED NEWSPRINT. NON-CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT. TRANS TECH PUBLICATIONS, SWITZERLAND. CHAPTER 4. PP. 322-329. IN 2010, HE WAS INVITED BY THE MANAGEMENT OF FPL IN WISCONSIN, DURING THE MARKING OF THE 100 YEARS OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT; THE UNIVERSITY OF GOTTINGEN, GERMANY ALSO INVITED HIM FOR A LECTURE IN AUGUST 2008. IN 2007, HE ALSO FACILITATED THE COLLABORATION ON ACADEMIC INTERCHANGE AGREEMENT BETWEEN FUTA AND FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS, AND UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, RESPECTIVELY. RECENTLY, HE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO ATTEND THE 2017 HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UN AT THE INVITATION OF THE DIVISION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, UNITED NATION DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS (UN DESA) ON 2017 PARTNERSHIP EXCHANGE WITH A THEME “ERADICATING POVERTY AND PROMOTING PROSPERITY IN A CHANGING WORLD”, 17TH JULY 2017, AS WELL AS THE GLOBAL LANDSCAPES FORUM (GLF), HELD ON THE 19TH AND 20TH DECEMBER, 2017 IN BONN, GERMANY. PROFESSOR AJAYI IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS CHAIRMAN OR MEMBER OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES IN THE UNIVERSITY. HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ANTI-CORRUPTION AND TRANSPARENCY UNIT (ACTU) UNDER THE INDEPENDENT CORRUPT PRACTICES AND OTHER RELATED OFFENCES COMMISSION (ICPC).