Professor Ołuwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe, who is also a pastor at RCCG, has been appointed the 12th substantive Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) by the University Governing Council at a meeting on Friday, October 27th, 2017.

A press release from the school’s information unit stated that the three candidates that contested were: Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Professor Olukayode Amund, and Professor Ayodeji Olukoju. Among the three contestants, Professor Ogundipe coincidentally scored the highest mark in the exercise to emerged the substantive Vice-Chancellor of UNILAG.

Profesor Ogundipe who before his appointment, was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics and Research) of University of Lagos.

About Professor Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe

He was born on May 31, 1960. He is married and blessed with three children. He is a Professor in the Department of Botany and also the Director of Academic Planning at the University of Lagos. Professor Ogundipe was appointed professor 2002, and gave his inaugural lecture in 2005 six months after he was pronounced professor in botany: Root in the Past, Route to the Future, delivered on the December 21, 2005, at the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.

Ogundipe is a member of many scientific organisations. He is a Life member, International Society of Plant Morphologist, Fellow of Cohort 9 of the Leadership for Environment and Development, and the Linnaean Society, London. He is a reviewer for many scientific academic journals and external examiner to many universities including University of Johannesburg. He has been on the accreditation team to many universities in Nigeria and Ghana. He is a Professorial Assessor to many universities including University of Ghana.

He has published over 70 research articles in various high profile peer reviewed journals both locally and internationally and has co-authored six reviewed books. He is a three-time co-recipient of the University of Lagos, Faculty of Science Best Researcher Award. He was an Adjunct Professor to the Department of Biology, Central Michigan University, Michigan. Between 2004 and 2006, he enjoyed Royal Society of London, Lennoix-Boyd Memorial Trust and Bentham-Moxon Trust sponsorship to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K.

He has participated in several environmental consulting projects with oil companies. The summary of Professor Ogundipe’s research is in communicating biodiversity knowledge to the world, and the application of pollen and spore evidence to understanding patterns of evolution.