Professor Adenike Temidayo Oladiji

Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Akure

Biochemist, Professor, Researcher and University Administrator

Professor Adenike Temidayo Oladiji is a Nigerian biochemist, academic researcher and university administrator who serves as the eighth substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure and the first woman to hold the position. She is a Professor of Biochemistry and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science whose academic career has combined biochemical research, postgraduate supervision, research management, technology transfer and university administration. She assumed office as Vice-Chancellor on May 24, 2022. Oladiji earned her B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Biochemistry from the University of Ilorin in 1988, 1991 and 1997 respectively. Before entering academia, she worked as a Research and Development Officer at Kwara Breweries Limited, Offa. She subsequently joined the University of Ilorin in 1992 as an Assistant Lecturer and progressed to the rank of Professor in 2011.