Professor O. J. Ilori

Professor O. J. Ilori (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., OAU, Ile-Ife) is a Professor of Plant Physiology and Botany in the Department of Biological Sciences, appointed Dean in August 2022, with over 19 years of university teaching, research and administrative experience. His research covers plant physiology and biochemistry, cellular and molecular plant biology, environmental plant physiology, electrophysiology and stress physiology (high and low temperature, salinity and flooding stress, and molecular and physiological characterisation of crop responses), photosynthesis and water relations, seed dormancy and signal transduction, post-harvest physiology of horticultural crops, and medicinal plant conservation; his current work is on the physiological responses of indigenous crops to climate stress. He served as Head of the Department of Biological Sciences (2017–2022), as level adviser and examination officer, and as chairman and member of Council, University Senate and Faculty committees. He has supervised over 50 undergraduate projects, presented papers at conferences, and has over 40 peer-reviewed publications and 5 book chapters, is a member of the Botanical Society of Nigeria and the Nigeria Field Society, and is currently the Chaplain of the Anchor University Chapel.