Dr. (Mrs.)
Adetunji-Popoola Waliat Oluwabamike joined the service of the Federal University of Agriculture on the 16th of October, 2025 as a Lecturer II in the Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, College of Environmental Resources Management. She holds a BSc. in Biochemistry, Masters in Environmental Management and Protection, and a PhD. in Environmental Toxicology. She is also a registered member of the Environmental Health Council of Nigeria.
Dr. Adetunji-Popoola has been involved in the teaching and supervision of students at undergraduate levels. Her research interests focus on the assessment of environmental contaminants, including heavy metals, pesticides, and emerging pollutants, and their implications for human health, food safety, and environmental sustainability. She is particularly interested in multidisciplinary approaches to addressing environmental challenges and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with research spanning environmental pollution, toxicology, water and soil quality, and sustainable environmental management. She is committed to research, teaching, mentoring, and contributing evidence-based solutions to environmental and public health challenges.
– Ph.D 2025
– M. Sc. 2018
– B. Sc. 2013
Environmental toxicology, Environmental management, Environmental health, Environmental risk assessment
a. Member, Environmental Health Council of Nigeria
b. Member, Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria
i.1st Annual College of Environmental Resources Management (COLERM) Conference: Transdisciplinary Resources Management for Sustainable Environmental Resilience in Emerging Economies. College of Environmental Resources Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. April 26th – 29th, 2026. Paper presented: Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals from Water Sources Around Selected Dumpsites in Ondo City, Nigeria.
ii.FUNAAB Humboldt Kolleng International Conference. Regenerative Agriculture: A Pathway to Sustainable Food Production, Food Safety, and Environmental Preservation. Held at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. September 22nd – 25th, 2025. Paper Presented: Seasonal Multi-matrix Monitoring and Monte Carlo Simulation of Health Risks from Paraquat Residues in Agricultural Environments of Ondo State, Nigeria.
iii.2nd Faculty of Science Conference, Univrsity of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Ondo State: Bridging Scientific Research and Healthcare, Exploring Emerging Trends. 23rd-26th September, 2024.
iv.1st Faculty of Science Conference, University of Medical Sciences Ondo, Ondo State: Recent Advances in Sciences for Economic and Sustainable Healthcare Promotion. 28th-31st August, 2023.
v.Adetunji-Popoola W.O. & Fayehun O.O. Save The Fish, Save My Health; A Review on The Potential Impact of Microplastics On Human Health. Oral presentation by Adetunji-Popoola W.O. at the 40th Anniversary International Conference of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria: Pollutants and Ecosystem Restoration, Implications for One Health. 5th-7th June, 2022.
I. Towolawi, A. T., Idowu, A. A., Adegbore, A. K., Badmus-Oladapo, R. B., Oladeji, F. O, Ajeigbe, O. A, Akinwumi, I. T., Adegbite, R. T., and Adetunji-Popoola, W. O. (2026). Physicochemical Quality, Microbial Load and Health Risk Assessment of Groundwater in View of the Sustainable Development Goals 3, 6, and 11 in Osogbo, Nigeria. J Nur Healthcare, 11(3), 01-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.33140/JNH
ii. Tolawi, A. T., Shasore-Adetoro, S. O., Oladeji, F. O., Ajeigbe, O. A., Akinwumi, I. T., Adesanya, E. O., Adetunji-Popoola W. O., Abolayo, T. T., Shehu, W. T.and Toromade, R. T (2026). Integrated Iso 14001–45001 Systems in Nigeria: A Scoping Review of Barriers, Enablers, And Maturity. Advanced Journal of Environmental Sciences (AJES), 17(7): 42-81. https://zapjournals.org/journal.php?j=ajes
iii. Towolawi, A. T., Faloni, A. A., Oladeji, F. O., Ajeigbe, O. A., Adetunji-Popoola, W. O., Olajide, O. O., Ibrahim, B., Mogaji, R. B., Obagaye, O. E., Adenigba, B. B., Ogundele, R. B., Kolawole, K. F. (2026). Natural and Human-influenced Wildfire: A Review of Their Causes, Impacts and Prevention Strategies. Journal of Science and Information Technology (JOSIT), Published by The College of Science & Information Technology (COSIT), TASFUED, 20(1): 231-239.
iv. Adetunji, O.R., Leong, W.Y., Alayande, I.B., Oyelami, A.T., Adetunji-Popoola, W.O., & Anyanwu, B.U. (2026). Evaluating the potentials of sunflower leaf and sorghum bicolor stem sheath extracts as corrosion inhibitors for medium carbon steel in 0.5 M HCl. Ochrona Przed Korozjq, 69 (10): 200-205. http://dx.doi.org/10.15199/40.2026.6.4
v. Adebayo, E.T., Ayeku, P.O., Kadiri, P.E., Ogueri, C., & Adetunji-Popoola, W.O (2025). Comparative assessment of nutrient profiles and some essential trace metals in smoked Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) and Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) from Owena River, Ondo State, Nigeria Manglar 22 (3): 347-354. https://revistas.untumbes.edu.pe/index.php/manglar/es/article/view/641/1257
vi. Adetunji-Popoola, W.O. & Fayehun, O.O. (2025). A Review of the Potential Impact of Microplastics on Human Health. Advances in Environmental Health Sciences and Toxicology, 1(2): 12-21. https://journals.unimed.edu.ng/index.php/JEMT/index
vii. Adetunji, O.R., Leong, W.Y., Asesanya, E.A. and Adetunji-Popoola, W.O. (2024) ESG green corrosion inhibition of mild steel in 0.1 M HCl, NaOH and H2O using aloe vera gel. Chapter 14 ESG Innovation for Sustainable Manufacturing Technology, Published by IET The Institution of Engineering and Technology. https:// doi.org/10.1049/PBME027E_ch14
viii. Joseph, A., Yuan, X., Okoro, F., Etinosa-okankan, O., Akindele, A.F.I, and Adetunji-Popoola, W. O. (2023). Assessment of Potential Radiological Risk of Borehole Water and Snails from a Crude Oil Contaminated Area, Ikot Ada Udo, South-South Nigeria. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 123, 105594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2023.105594
ix. Adetunji, O.W., Bada, B.S., Olujimi, O.O. and Akinloye, O.A (2020).
Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Soil and its Potential Health Risk Assessment in Vegetables from Iyana-Iba Farm Settlement, Lagos State, Nigeria. Nigerian Research Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 5(2): 929-937.
x. Adetunji, O.R., Nwakwo, O.K., Adesusi, O.M., Adetunji, O.W and Makinde, V.O. (2017). Inhibitive Efficiencies of Some Selected Liquid Hydrocarbon as Anti-Corrosives for Stainless and Mild Steel Samples in HCl, Ochrona Przed Korozjq, 60 (10): 339-343. http://dx.doi.org/10.15199/40.2017.10.3d.
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