Biography/ Background
Qualifications
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Publications
Professional Associations

Dr Babasola Ajiboye

Telephone	+61 8 8313 0394
Position	Research Fellow
Email	sola.ajiboye@adelaide.edu.au
Fax	+61 8 8313 6511
Building	Prescott Building
Floor/Room	3 12
Campus	Waite (CSIRO)
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Biography/ Background

Dr Babasola Ajiboye's training includes a Bachelor of Agric (Hons.) degree in Soil Science from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Soil Chemistry, and a Certificate in Higher Education Teaching (CHET), all from the University of Manitoba, Canada. He also had a post-doctoral training as an Industrial Scientist with the Business Development Unit of the Canadian Light Source Inc.

He joined the University of Adelaide/Mosaic Fertilizer Research Centre as a Research Fellow in June 2008 and he is currently working on formulations and evaluations of macro- and micronutrient fertilizers.

Qualifications

PhD (Soil Chemistry), University of Manitoba, Canada (2007)
Certificate (Higher Education Teaching), University of Manitoba, Canada (2007)
Master of Science (Soil Chemistry), University of Manitoba, Canada (2003)
Bachelor of Agriculture Honours (Soil Science), Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria (2000)

Teaching Interests

Biogeochemical processes in soils
Solid-state speciation techniques

Research Interests

Fertilizer chemistry - optimizing macro- and micro-nutrient fertilizer formulations
Solid-state speciation of nutrient elements and contaminants in environmental samples
Stable and radio-isotope techniques in agricultural studies
Optimizing the quantitation of chemical species in environmental samples

Publications

Professional Associations

Member, American Society of Agronomy, Crops Science Society of America, and Soil Society Science of America (ASA-CSA-SSSA)
Member, Australian Society of Soil Science Inc (ASSSI)
Member, European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Member, International XAFS Society (IXS)

Entry last updated: Friday, 23 Sep 2011

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