Dr. Ayanwale Adesola Victoria
Animal Biology Department
Federal University of Technology, Minna.
- I. Academic Qualifications: Adesola Victoria Ayanwale, First School Leaving Certificate, ECWA Primary School, Oro- Ago (1972-1978), WASSCE, PMC Oro- Ago and EGSS Omu- Aran (1978-1985). B.Sc. (Hons) Zoology, Unilorin (1995), M. Tech. Fisheries (2004), PGD Education Technology (2008); Ph. D Fisheries (2014) at Federal University of Technology, Minna.
- Teaching and Supervision Experience: Teaching at Primary and Secondary Schools and joined the services of FUT, Minna in 2005. Since 2005 till date, she has been teaching courses and conducting researches in vertebrates, invertebrates, Fisheries biology, toxicology and hydrobiology at Undergraduates and Postgraduate levels. She has taught over 15 courses and 10 courses at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate Levels, supervised over 75 Undergraduate students and over 20 students at both Masters and Ph.D. Levels.
III. Administrative Responsibilities: Departmental Students Level adviser, SIWES Coordinator, Acting HOD, Deputy Director, Anti- Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU), Internal examiner, Postgraduate Representative and members of several committee at Department, School and University Levels.
IV.Publications (Journals, Conference Attendance, Books and Chapters in Book, etc.): She has published over 65 articles in reputable journals, presented and attended conferences at Local, National and International levels.
- External Linkages (Reviewer, Editor, Accreditation, Visiting Lecturing, Keynote/ Guest speakership etc.): She is a reviewer to some Local, National and International journals. She has served as External examiners in some Universities and agencies in Nigeria and South Africa. She was on Sabbatical at NDA, Kaduna (2022-2023).
- Awards and Grants Attracted: (If there is any): Best Student at WASSC (1985), NYSC (June 1995- May 1996), TETFUND (IBRL), 2014 and Certificate of Publishing with Elsevier between 2019-2021 (2022).
VII. Areas of Research Interests / Hobbies: Hydrobiology, Water quality, Toxicology and Fisheries. Her hobbies include praying, helping, counselling, mentoring and cooking.
Research Area
Fisheries, Hydro Biology, Aquatic Ecology, Toxicology, and Fish Pathology
Publications