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Dr. Ojelade, Oluwaseun Christianah is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, Nigeria. She graduated with a First Class degree Honors from FUNAAB in 2010 as the best graduating female student in the College of Environmental Resources Management and the University. She is a specialist in Fisheries Management and an emerging fish ethology and welfare. She is dutiful, diligent, and dedicated to her work. Dr. (Mrs.) Ojelade won the Nigerian Tertiary Education Trust Fund fellowship for postdoctoral research at the University of Glasgow and she is a certified fish handler by the Scottish Accreditation Board, and a licensed fish welfare scientist by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU), United Kingdom. In addition, she co-authored some Institution Based Research grants. She belongs to different local and international professional societies such as the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE), the Universities Federation of Animal Welfare (UFAW), and the Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON) among others. She also attended conferences where scholarly papers were presented. Dr. (Mrs.) Ojelade currently has twenty-five (25) journal articles, in local, foreign learned journals and peer-reviewed Conference proceedings. She is currently working on the behavioral responses and welfare of fish species exposed to human-induced stressors and enrichment materials.
Primary School Leaving Certificate
West African Senior Secondary School Certificate
Diploma in Fisheries Management, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
Bachelor of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, FUNAAB (First Class)
Master of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management,
FUNAAB
Postgraduate Diploma in Education, FCE
Ph.D. Fisheries Management, FUNAAB
i. Effect of environmental enrichment on behavioral characteristics of cichlids
ii. Behavioural and physiological stress responses of Clarias gariepinus to
environmental challenges.
iii. The effect of simulated handling stress on the physiological and behavioural response
of three-stripped dwarf cichlid
iv. The effect of different feeding regimes on the growth and behavioural response of
African catfish
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Tetfund) Scholarship for a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Co-investigator, Assessment of water quality. antibiotics resistance pathogens and antibiotic residue pathway in fish production systems. Institution Based Research
Co-investigator, Biochemical, Histological, and Haematological Alterations of Crude Oil
Products (Kerosene) on African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) and Ameliorative Effects of Blighia sepida stem-bark extract
Co-investigator, Coastal Ecosystem Conservation and fish production for livelihood support in South-West, Nigeria.
Deputy Dean, College of Environmental Resources Management
i. Member, Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON)
ii. Member, International Society for Applied Ethology,
United Kingdom (ISAE).
iii. Member, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN)
iv. Member, Multidisciplinary Aquatic Studies Team (MAST)
v. Member, Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW)
i. 55th Congress of the International Society of Applied Ethology (ISAE) held at Ohrid, North Macedonia (2022). Paper presented: Influence of environmental enrichment on growth, behaviour and physiology of juveniles of Clarias gariepinus under laboratory conditions
ii. 33rd Annual Conference of Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON) held in Lagos State,
November (2018). Paper presented: Some population parameters and exploitation
rate of Ethmalosa fimbriata (Pisces: Clupaidae) in the coastal marine habitat of Ogun
State South-West, Nigeria.
iii. 27th Annual Conference of Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON) held in Bayelsa State, November, (2012). Paper presented: Fatty-Acid Composition of Macrobranchium vollenhovenii in Ogun State, Nigeria.
1. Adeosun, F.I., Abdul, W.O., Akinyemi, A.A., Agbon, A.O. and Odebiyi, O.C. (2012): Water quality and fish diversity of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta reservoir. Nigerian Journal of Animal Production, 39(1): 150-155. Published by the Nigerian Society for Animal Production
2. Odebiyi, O.C., George, F.O.A., Odulate, D. O., Akinyemi, A.A., Arowosegbe, A. and Oke, A.O. (2013): Quality Assessment of Clupeids along the Coastal Fisheries Value Chain of Ogun Waterside Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria. World Rural Observations, 5(2): 74-80. Published by Association of World Rural Observers, Available online: http://www.sciencedomain.org/download.php
3. Odebiyi, Oluwaseun Christianah, George, Francisca O., Olaoye, Olalekan Jacob, Idowu, Adedoyin A., Agbonlahor, Murray U. and Oke, Abdulfatai Olubukola (2013): Economic analysis of coastal fisheries value chain development in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development, 2(9): 345-355. Published by Academic Research Journals, available online: http://academeresearchjournals.org/journal/jaed ISSN 2327-3151, Indexed in Directory of Research Journals.
4. Odebiyi, O.C, George, F.O.A, Odulate, D.O., Agbonlahor, M.U. and Olaoye, O.J.(2013): Value-Chain Analysis for Coastal Fisheries Development in Nigeria. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research Agriculture and Veterinary, 13 (11): 17-27. Published by Global Journals Inc. (USA) Available Online: ISSN: 2249-4626
5. Adeosun, F.I., Akinyemi, A.A., Abdul, W.O., Agbon, A.O. and Odebiyi, O.C. (2013): Assessment of heavy metals concentration in the intestine, Kidney and muscle of Oreochromis niloticus in Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta reservoir. Nigerian Journal of Animal Production, 40(1): 150-155. Published by the Nigerian Society for Animal Production
f6. Olaoye, O. J.,Adegbite, D. A., Oluwalana, E. O., Vaughan, I. O., Odebiyi, O.C., and Adediji, A. P. (2014): Comparative Evaluation of Economic Benefits of Earthen Fish Ponds and Concrete Tanks in Aquaculture Enterprises in Oyo State, Nigeria. Croatian Journal of Fisheries, 72 (3): 107 – 117.Published by Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Croatia. South Eastern Europe. Indexed in Scopus and Scimago. Available online: http://ribarstvo.agr.hr/, E-mail: ribarstvo@agr.hr.
7. Idowu, A.A., Jenyo-Oni, A., Olaoye, O.J., Ojelade, O.C. and El-Imam,K. (2015): Analysis of fishing technology and fish production by women in small scale fishing enterprise in Ogun waterside LGA, Ogun State, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Fisheries, 12(1): 787-794. Published by the Fisheries Society of Nigeria. Available online: http://ajol.info/index.php/njf
8. Ojelade, O.C.; Abdulraheem, I; Odulate, D.O.; Akaeze, M.I and Sanusi, A.K. (2016): Ecological Assessment of Fish Biodiversity in Relation to Hydrological Variables in Ogun Coastal Water, Ogun State, Nigeria. Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 31(1): 32-43. Published by the Association for Aquatic Sciences of Nigeria (ISSN: 0189-8779) Available online: http//www.journalofaquaticsciences.com
9. Ojelade, O. C., Abdul, W. O., Abdulraheem, I., Ikenweiwe, N. B., Salaudeen, A. A. and Akaeze, M. I. (2016): Response of plankton assemblage to nutrient and environmental parameters in a tropical coastal water. Ife Journal of Science,18(3):801-811.Published by the Faculty of Science, Obafemi Awolowo University.
10. Omoniyi, I.T. and Ojelade, O. C. (2017). Parasites of the Cichlid Fishes in Water
Reservoir of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. Journal of
Agricultural Science and Environment 17(2): 20-27. Published by Federal
University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.
11. Ojelade, O.C., Oyebanji, F.F., Ayantobo, O.O., Adeleke, A.J., Akinremi, S.A., Fatoke, S.O., Mafolasere, M.K. and Okeowo, V.O. (2018): Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metal in Water, Sediment and Fish (Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus) of Lower Ogun River, Ogun State, Nigeria. Journal of Agriculture and Food Environment 5(3): 20-31. Published by Faculty of Agriculture, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria
12. Ojelade O.C., Omoniyi, I.T., Abdul, W.O., Adeosun, F.I. and Abdulraheem, I. (2018). Trophic Ecology of Ten Commercially Important Species of Fish in Tropical Marine Water on the Bight of Benin. Ibadan Journal of Agricultural Research 14(2): 35-47. Published by Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Available online: journalofagricresearch@gmail.com
13. Odulate, Dominic Olaniyi; Abdul, Waidi Oyebanjo; Ojelade, O. C.; Ewuoso, Esther Oluwadamilola (2019): Morphometry and Natural Diets of Distichodus engycephalus from Middle Basin of Ogun River, Southwest Nigeria. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 42(3):1067-1079. Published by Universiti Putra Malaysia. Indexed in Scopus.
14. Ojelade, O. C.; Omoniyi, I. T.; Abdul, W. O.; Adeosun, F. I.; Idowu, A. A. and Abdulraheem, I. (2019). Reproductive Biology, Trophodynamics and Stock Structure of Ribbonfish (Trichurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758) in Tropical Marine Water of the Bight of Benin. Journal of Fisheries and Environment 2019, 43 (2):43-56. Published by Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Thailand. Indexed in Scopus.
15. Ojelade, O.C., Omoniyi I. T., Abdul, W. O., Abdulraheem, I. and Adeosun, F. I. (2019): Some Population Parameters and Exploitation Rate of Ethmalosa fimbriata (Pisces: Clupeidae) in the Coastal Marine Habitat of Ogun State, South-West, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Fisheries, 16(2): 787-794. Published by the Fisheries Society of Nigeria. Available online: http://ajol.info/index.php/njf
16. Ojelade, O. C., B. T. Elegbede, O. P. Adeyemi, S.S. Lawal, B. O. Alagbada and K. T. Busari (2021). Some aspects of biology and digestive enzymes assay in the gastrointestinal tract of Chrysichthys species in lower Ogun River, Ogun State, Nigeria. Journal of Natural Sciences Engineering and Technology, 20(1): 1-11. Published by Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.
17. Ojelade, O. C., Iyasere, O. S., Durosaro, S. O., Abdulraheem, I., Akinde, A. (2022). Social isolation impairs feed intake, growth and behavioural patterns of catfish under culture conditions. The International Journal of Animal Biosciences 16(2022): 100521-100529. Published by Elsevier. Indexed in Scopus.
18. Ojelade, O. C., Durosaro, S.O., Akinde, A.O., Abdulraheem, I., Oladepo, M. B., Sopein, C.A., Bhadmus, A.S. and Olateju, M. (2022). Environmental enrichment improves the growth rate, behavioral and physiological response of juveniles of Clarias gariepinus under laboratory conditions. Frontiers Veterinary Science 9(2022): 980364-378. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.980364. Indexed in Scopus
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