Professor Kayode Oyebode Adebowale

Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan

Professor of Chemistry, University Administrator, Academic Researcher

Professor Kayode Oyebode Adebowale is a Nigerian chemist and university administrator whose career has been closely connected with the University of Ibadan. He began his academic career at the university as a Graduate Assistant in 1987 before serving at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, where he rose from Lecturer II to Senior Lecturer. He returned to the University of Ibadan in 1999 as a Senior Lecturer, became a Reader in 2003 and was appointed Professor of Chemistry in 2006. His academic work has focused on industrial, food, analytical and environmental chemistry, with research and publications spanning areas including environmental materials and chemical processes. Before becoming Vice-Chancellor, Adebowale held a succession of academic and administrative positions at the university, including Dean of the Faculty of Science and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration). He was appointed the university's 13th substantive Vice-Chancellor effective 1 November 2021.