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Prof. Lamidi Ajao Usman

Prof. Lamidi Ajao Usman

Post
Professor
Department
Chemistry
Email
usmanlamidi@unilorin.edu.ng
Office Address
Room 20, Ground Floor, Chemistry Department Building, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
Teaching and Research Area
Chemistry/Isolation, Characterization and evaluation of therapeutic and insecticidal potentials of secondary metabolites.

Qualifications

  • 1985-1989 University of Ilorin, Nigeria-B.Sc (Ed) Chemistry
  • 1996-2001 University of Ilorin, Nigeria-M.Sc Chemistry
  • 2003-2010, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso-Ph.D Pure and Applied Chemistry (Organic)

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Society of Essential Oils Distillers and Analysts (SEODA) (2024-date)
  • Member, Chemical Society of Nigeria (CSN) (2020 – date)
  • Member, Science Teacher’s Association of Nigeria (STAN)
  • Member, Nigerian Society of Experimental Biology (NISEB)
  • Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)

Research Affiliations

  • Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Undergraduate Teaching

  • CHM102 (2) General Organic Chemistry
  • CHM106 (1) General Practical Chemistry II
  • CHM112 (2) General Organic Chemistry
  • CHM202 (3) Basic Organic Chemistry
  • CHM235 (3) Basic Organic Chemistry
  • CHM302 (3) Organic Chemistry
  • CHM306 (2) Organic Reaction Mechanism
  • CHM308 (2) Practical Organic Chemistry
  • CHM318 (2) Industrial Chemical Process 1
  • CHM329 (2) Practical Organic Chemistry
  • CHM330 (3) Natural Products I
  • CHM331 (3) Organic Chemistry
  • CHM343 (2) Organic Reaction Mechanism
  • CHM345 (2) Applied Spectroscopy
  • CHM442 (2) Natural Products II
  • ICH355 (2) Practical Organic Chemistry
  • CHM418 (2) Heterocyclic Chemistry
  • CHM429 (2) Graduate Seminar
  • CHM431 (2) Colour Chemistry and Textile Technology
  • CHM499 (5) Research Project
  • CPT401 (1) Crop Disease Management

Postgraduate Teaching

  • CHM682 (3) Advanced Organic Chemistry
  • CHM683 (3) Advanced Natural Product
  • CHM706 (2) Spectroscopy in Organic Chemistry
  • CHM713 (2) Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry
  • CHM802 (3) Advanced Applied Spectroscopy
  • CHM804 (2) Experimental Research Techniques in Chemistry
  • CHM806 (1) Graduate Seminar
  • CHM809 (3) Advanced Organic Chemistry
  • CHM811 (2) Advanced Natural Products Chemistry
  • CHM814 (2) Reactive Intermediates
  • CHM839 (6) Graduate Project

Research Interest

  • Isolation, Characterization and Evaluation of Insecticidal and Therapeutic Potentials of Essential Oils from Plants Growing in Nigeria

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