TWO RESEARCH GROUPS LED BY UNILAG DON, PROF. OGUNDIPE WIN TETFUND AWARDS

The proposals of two research teams of the University of Lagos have won the 2014-2016 Awards of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The proposals were part of the twenty selected by TETFund for various grants. The proposals, submitted in 2011, were part of the hundreds of research proposals tendered by research teams drawn from several universities across Nigeria. These proposals were evaluated and pruned to sixty before awards were granted to twenty research groups. The Principal Researcher for the two research projects is a renowned Professor of Botany and Director of Academic Planning, UNILAG, Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe. One of the projects will be conducted in collaboration with the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research. The title of the research projects and other members of the research teams are as follows: 1. The Allergenic Activities of Pollen and Spores of Nigerian Plants and Their Spatial Pattern: Dr. Adekambi, Olusola Helen (Department of Botany, UNILAG) Dr. Onuminya, Temitope Olabisi (Department of Botany, UNILAG) Mrs. Ezike, Nneka Dimphna (Department of Botany, UNILAG) 2. Palynological and GIS Modeling of Climate and Land-Cover Changes Around the Lagos Coastal Environment: Adekambi, Olusola Helen (Senior Lecturer, Department of Botany, UNILAG) Alabi, Soneye (Associate Professor, Department of Geography, UNILAG) Fasona, Mayowa Johnson (Department of Geography, UNILAG) Adeonipekun, Adegbenga Peter (Department of Botany, UNILAG) Onuminya, Temitope Olabisi (Department of Botany, UNILAG) Muyiolu, Salimon Kolawole The Vice-Chancellor, on behalf of all members of the University community, congratulates and wishes the two groups, success in all their endeavours.