Academic Staff PROFILE

Prof. Hussein Kehinde Okoro

Post

Professor

Department

Industrial Chemistry

okoro.hk@unilorin.edu.ng, hkoadeola@gmail.com

Office Address

Room F26, Block 6 up, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Ilorin

Teaching and Research Area

Analytical and Environmental Chemistry

Diploma in Human Resources Management (DHRM), University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria (2025)
Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria (2025)
Professional Certificate in Advanced Digital Appreciation Programme for Tertiary Institution Statistical Package for Social Sciences, ADAPTI (2021)
PhD in Chemistry, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa (2013)
MSc in Industrial Chemistry, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria (2006)
BSc in Industrial Chemistry, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria (2002)
Certificate in Computer Science (Data Processing) University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria (2002)

Fellow: Institute of Chartered Chemist of Nigerian (FICCON)
Member: African Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems (AFRICALICS)
Member: South African Chemical Institute, South Africa (MSACI)
Member: Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry , USA
Member: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Member: Chemical Society of Nigeria (MCSN)
Member: Institute of Chartered Chemist of Nigerian (CCHEM)

Reearch Collaborations with Analytical-Environmental & Membrane Nanotechnology Research Group (Prof Z. Caliphs & Prof JC Ngila), Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Research Collaboration with Prof Samuel A. Iwarere; Faculty of of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa

Analytical-Environmental Chemistry & Material Science with emphasis on the followings: • Investigations and Monitoring of Organic Compounds and Heavy Metals Pollutions in Water, Soil, Sediments and Biological Tissues. • The use of Biomarkers to Biomonitor the Toxic Effect of Heavy and Organic Contaminants in the Environments. • Development of an analytical methods for the analyses of organic compounds with a view to improve on them and using the improved method to analyze them in different sample matrixes. • Remediation of organic and heavy metals from environmental samples using different approaches. • Membrane Nanotechnology Research. • Risk Assessments of Environmental Data’s • Environmental Toxicology