Olubunmi ATOLANI, is a Reader (Associate Professor) in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Ilorin, with many years of university teaching, research, and administrative experience. He has served as Deputy Director, Center for International Education; Assitant Director, Centre for Research Development and In-house Training (CREDIT); and Coordinator, African Centre for Herbal Research, Ilorin (ACHRI).  His areas of research interest cover Natural Products Chemistry, Organic Synthesis (Medicinal Chemistry), Chemoinformatics (Structural Bioinformatics), Computational Chemistry, Cosmeceutical Chemistry, Drug Development and Scientometric Evaluation. Dr. Atolani has to his credit over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and Books/Chapters. He is a seasoned reviewer to many reputable Journals and a member of various journal editorial boards. He is currently in various research groups that have won local, national and international competitive scientific research grants such as Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft-Germany, UNESCO, TWAS, TETFUND, SEEDING LABS, RMR, EACR inter alia. He is a renowned plenary invited or guest speaker in many academic forums at various occasions around the globe. He is an external examiner and distinguished research assessor at University of KwaZulu Natal, UKZN, South Africa, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, CPUT, South Africa, Nation Research Fund, Mexico, National Research Fund, South Africa among others. His research outputs and acumen has been presented in many local and international research scientific forums in Nigeria, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Ghana, South Africa, Niger Republic, Kenya and United State of America (USA) etc.