I. NAME: WAKIL Sherifah Monilola

CURRICULUM VITAE

I. NAME: WAKIL Sherifah Monilola Date of Birth: 15th of May, 1967 Department: Microbiology Faculty Science II. Present Appointment (With Date) Date of First Appointment: 16th March, 1998 Present post (with date) Senior Lecturer, 1st Oct., 2012 Date of last Appointment/Promotion: 1st October, 2012. III. University Education: (a) University of Ibadan, Ibadan. 1989 – 1992 (b) University of Ibadan, Ibadan 1995 – 1997 (c ) University of Ibadan, Ibadan 1997 - 2006 IV. Academic Qualifications (With Dates & Granting Bodies) (a) B.Sc Microbiology (Second Class Honours, Upper Division). University of Ibadan, Ibadan. 1992 (b) M.Sc Microbiology - University of Ibadan, Ibadan. 1997 (d) Ph.D Microbiology - University of Ibadan, Ibadan. 2006

V. Professional Qualifications & Diplomas Nil VI. Scholarship, Fellowships & Prizes (a) Egba – A.G. Leventis Scholarship Award 1996 (b) John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation Grant 2004 VII. Honours, Distinctions & Membership of Learned Societies American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Member Association of Industrial Microbiologists of Nigeria (AIMN) Member Nigeria Society for Microbiology (NSM) Member Science Association of Nigeria (SAN) Member

1 Society of General Microbiology (SGM) Member VIII. Details of Teaching Experience at the University Level Assistant Lecturer, 1998-2001 Lecturer II, 2001-2009 Lecturer I, 2009-2012 Senior Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 2012 – till date

(a) Undergraduate Courses Units MIC 221 – Introductory Microbiology 4 MIC 231 – Basic Techniques in Microbiology 2 MIC 322 - Bacteriology 3

MIC 325 – Soil Microbiology 3 MIC 423 – Industrial Microbiology 3

(b) Undergraduate Project Supervision

(i) Already Supervised 51 Students (ii) Presently Supervising 4 Students

(c ) Postgraduate Courses MIC 712 – Selected Topics in Industrial Microbiology 3units MIC 731 – Microbial Biotechnology 3units MIC 723 - Research Methods 3units

(d) Postgraduate Supervision –M.Sc. (i ) Already Supervised 23 Students (ii) Presently Supervising 5 Students

(d) University and Departmental Duties

(i) Member, Departmental Examinations Committee 2000- till date (ii) Registration of Students 1998- till date (iii) Counseling of Students 2000- till date (iv) Congregation Representative on Senate, U.I 2005 - 2007 (v) Secretary, Department Finance Committee 2005- 2009 (vi) Chairperson, Welfare Committee 2009 – 2011 (vii) Member, Faculty of Science Board of studies 2009 – 2011 ( viii) Member, Faculty of Science Finance Committee 2010 – 2011 (ix) Congregation Representative on Senate, U.I 2011 – 2013 (x ) Member, Department Finance Committee 2012 – till date

IX. Research (a) Completed: (i) Diversity of Pectinolytic Bacteria causing soft rot of vegetables. (ii) Isolation, Characterization and Identification of Antimicrobial producing microorganisms from fermenting pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum ). (iii) Isolation and Identification of Antimicrobial producing Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) from Fermenting Cucumber. (iv) Screening Antibiotics for the Elimination of Bacteria in Yam Tissue Culture. (v) Quality Assessment of weaning food produced from Fermented Cereal-legume blends using Starters. (vi) Construction of, and properties of a microbial community in spontaneous fermentation of Maize for ‘Ogi’ production. (vii) Influence of Environmental conditions on the growth in Batch Culture of Lactobacillus species isolated from spontaneously Fermenting millet.

3 (viii) Quality Assessment of Starter-produced weaning food from Fermented Cereal-legume blends subjected to Environmental Changes. (ix) Production and Partial Characterization of Keratinase produced by Bacterial isolates from Layer Nails and Feathers. (x) Microbiological and Nutritional Assessment of Starter – developed Fermented Tigernut Milk. (xi) Development of Starter Culture for “Pupuru” Production—A Fermented Cassava Product. (xii) Influence of Environmental conditions on the growth in Batch Culture of Lactobacillus species isolated from spontaneously Fermenting millet. (xiii) Effect of fermentation Time and Agitation rate on Amylase Production from Malted and Fermented Pearl Millet. (xiv) Supplementation of Legume-fortified Millet based Weaning Food with Moringa oleifera leaves. (xv) Effect of Starter combinations on the Bioconversion of POME to Bioethanol. (xvi) Fermentation products of a one-stage Bioconversion of POME to Bioethanol. (xvii) Lactic Acid production from fermentable Starchy substrates.

(b) In Progress: (i) Fermentation strategy and fermentation products of a one-stage procedure for bio-conversion of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) to bioethanol. (ii) Effect of processing methods on the Microbiological and Nutritional qualities of Maize-tigernut weaning blends. (iii) Screening, Production and Optimization of L-Asparaginase from soil Bacteria.

4 (iv) Bioethanol Production from Lignocellulosic waste materials. (vi) Screening and Production of Laccase by Yeast isolated from Different substrates. (vii) Microbiological Qualities and Functional properties of some indigenous fermented foods. (c ) Dissertation and Thesis: (i) B.Sc Dissertation – Studies of Bacteria Associated with some infant Milk. (ii) M.Sc Dissertation- Ethanol production from cassava starch using Zymononas mobilis and Baker’s yeast. ( iii) Ph.D Thesis - Phenotypic identification and molecular diversity of microbial community in fermented cereal-legume weaning blends.

X. Publications (i) Books or chapter in Books Already Published - Nil (ii) Patents: - Nil (iii) Articles that have already appeared in learned journals - 1. Wakil, S.M; Bamgbose, O.O. and Ilo, E.C. (2004)- Influence of fermentation time on the microbial profiles, sensory attributes and shelf-life of Kunu-tsamia. Advances in Food Sciences, 26 (2): 52 – 55. 2. Wakil, S.M., Onilude, A.A., Adetutu, E.M. and Ball, A.S. (2008).PCR- DGGE fingerprints of microbial successional changes during fermentation of cereal-legume weaning foods. African Journal of Biotechnology 7 (24): 4643- 4652. 3. Wakil, S. M, Onilude, A.A.and Ball, A.S. (2008).Dynamics and Diversity of Bacterial Communities of Fermented Weaning Foods via Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE).Research Journal of Microbiology 3 (11): 630- 640. 4. Wakil, S.M. and Onilude, A.A (2009). Microbiological and Chemical Changes During Production of Malted and Fermented Cereal- Legume

5 Weaning Foods. Advances in Food Sciences 31 (3): 139- 145 5. Wakil, S.M. and Onilude, A.A (2010). Monitoring the effect of fortification on bacterial population dynamics in malted and fermented maize based weaning foods using PCR-DGGE. Journal of Applied Biosciences 26: 1604 – 1613 6. Onilude, A.A ; Igbinadolor, R.O and Wakil, S.M (2010) Effect of varying relative humidity on the rancidity of cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) kernel oil by lipolytic organisms. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 9(31), pp. 4890-4896. 7. Onilude, A.A ; Igbinadolor, R.O and Wakil, S.M (2010). Effect of Time and Relative Humidity on the Microbial Load and Physical Quality of Cashew Nuts (Anacardium occidentale L) under storage. Africa Journal of Microbiology Research 4 (19): 1939- 1944. 8. Wakil, S.M. and Onilude, A.A. (2011). Time related total lactic acid bacteria population diversity and dominance in cowpea-fortified fermented cereal- weaning food. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 10(6), pp. 887-895. 9. Wakil, S. M. and Oyinlola, K. A. (2011). Diversity of pectinolytic bacteria causing soft rot disease of vegetables in Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of Applied Biosciences 38: 2540 – 2550. 10. Wakil S. M. and Daodu A. A. (2011). Physiological Properties of a Microbial Community in Spontaneous Fermentation of Maize (Zea mays) for Ogi Production. International Research Journal of Microbiology 2(3): 109-115. 11. Wakil, S. M., Dada, M. T and Onilude, A.A. (2011). Isolation and Characterization of Keratinase-producing Bacteria from Poultry Waste. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 5 (2): 567-580. 12. Wakil, S. M. and Oriola, O. B. (2012). Quality Assessment of Starter – Produced Weaning Food from Fermented Cereal-legume Blend Subjected to Different Environmental Conditions. African Journal of Food Sciences 6(5): 147-154.

13. Wakil, S.M. and Osamwonyi, U.O. (2012). Isolation and screening of antimicrobial producing lactic acid bacteria from fermenting millet gruel. International Research Journal of Microbiology 3(2): 72-79.

6 14. Mbah, E.I. and Wakil, S.M (2012). Elimination of Bacteria from in vitro yam tissue cultures using antibiotics. Journal of Plant Pathology 94 (1) :53-58.

15. Wakil, S.M and Kazeem, M.O. (2012).Quality Assessment of weaning food produced from Fermented Cereal-legume blends using Starters. International Food Research Journal 19(4) :1679-1685.

16. Sherifah Monilola Wakil and Edith Ijeego Mbah (2012). Screening Antibiotics for the Elimination of Bacteria from in vitro yam plantlets. Assumption University Journal of Technology 16(1): 7-18. 17. Onilude, A. A., Wakil, S. M., Odeniyi, O. A., Fawole, O., Garuba E. O. and Ja’afaru, I. M. (2012). Distribution of aflatoxin and aflatoxigenic, and other toxigenic fungi in maize samples marketed in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 11: 148- 155.

18. Osamwonyi, U.O. and Wakil, S.M. (2012). Isolation of fungal species from fermenting pearl millet gruel and determination of their Antagonistic activities against indicator Bacterial species. Nigeria Food Journal 30(1): 35-42. 19. Wakil, Sherifah Monilola; Fasiku, Samuel Adedayo; Adelabu, Adebola Blessing and Onilude, Anthony Abiodun (2013). Production of Bioethanol from Spontaneous Fermentation of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME). Researcher 5(2):28-35. 20. Wakil, Sherifah Monilola; Adelabu, Adebola Blessing; Fasiku, Samuel Adedayo and Onilude, Anthony Abiodun (2013). Production of Bioethanol from Palm Oil Mill Effluent using Starter Cultures. New York Science Journal 6(3): 77-85. 21. WAKIL Sherifah Monilola and AJAYI, Oluwatoyin Omolara (2013). Production of lactic acid from Starchy-based food substrates. Journal of Applied Biosciences 71: 5673-5681. 22. Sherifah Monilola Wakil and Olaoluwa Kehinde Alao (2013). Supplementation of Legume-Fortified Millet-Based Weaning Blends with Moringa Oleifera. Advances in Food Sciences. 35(4): 166-176.

7 (iv). Books, Chapters in Books and Articles Already Accepted for Publications-

(a) Kazeem, M.O and Wakil, S.M (2011).Effect of starter combination on the nutritional quality of starter- developed fermented weaning food. International Research Journal of Microbiology (in press ). (b) Wakil, Sherifah M (2012). Bacterial Population Diversity And Nutritional Composition Of Fermented Kunu-Tsamia (A Non- Fermented Meal). Nigerian Journal of Science (in press). (c) Wakil, S. M. and Benjamin, B. I. (2013). Development of Starter Culture for “Pupuru” Production—A Fermented Cassava Product. Fermentation Technology and Biotechnology (in press). (d) WAKIL Sherifah Monilola and ALAO Olaoluwa Kehinde (2013). Microbiological and Nutritional Qualities Of Moringa oleifera Supplemented and Fermented Weaning Blends. Journal of Science Research (in press).

(v). Technical Reports and/or Monographs - Nil

XI. Major Conferences Attended With Papers Read - 1. Society for General Microbiology, 155th Meeting, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. 6th-9th Sept. 2004. 2. Science Association of Nigeria, 41st Annual Conference (April 25-29th, 2005). Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. (a) Wakil, S.M. and Onilude, A.A. Microbial Community dynamics during production of weaning food from fermented cereal-legume blends. (b) Onilude, A.A; I.F. Fadahunsi; S.M. Wakil and B.C Adebayo-Tayo. Effect of water activity – pH interaction on Biomass, fermentative ability and antimicrobial production by Lactic Acid Bacteria species from Brined soft cheese. 3. Training workshop on Integration of HIV/ AIDS Issues into The University of Ibadan Curricula, University of Ibadan Conference centre, Ibadan (28- 30th March, 2006). 4. Science Association of Nigeria, 44th Annual Conference, University of Ibadan,

8 Ibadan (March 22-26th, 2009). Wakil, Sherifah M. Monitoring the effect of Fortification on Bacterial Population Dynamics and Diversity of Malted and Fermented Maize-Based Weaning Foods using PCR –DGGE. 5. Nigerian Society for Microbiology, 34th Annual Conference, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State. (18th – 22nd October, 2010). Wakil, S. M. and Dada, M. T . Isolation and Characterization of Keratinase- producing Bacteria from Poultry Waste. 6. Nigerian Society for Microbiology, 35th Annual Conference, Bayero University, Kano (BUK) (9th – 13th October, 2011). (a) Wakil, S. M. and Ayenuro, O.T. Microbiological and Nutritional Assessment of Starter – developed Fermented Tigernut Milk. (b) Wakil, S. M. and Benjamin, B. I. Development of Starter Culture for “Pupuru” Production—A Fermented Cassava Product. 7. Science Association of Nigeria, 47th Annual Conference, Landmark University, Omu- aran, Kwara state. Nigeria. ( August 26-30th, 2012). Wakil, Sherifah M. Bacterial Population Diversity And Nutritional Composition Of Fermented Kunu-Tsamia (A Non- Fermented Meal). 8. University of Ibadan, Faculty of Science International Conference on Science and sustainable Development in Nigeria. (May, 13-17th, 2013). WAKIL Sherifah Monilola and ALAO Olaoluwa Kehinde. Microbiological And Nutritional Qualities Of Moringa Oleifera Supplemented And Fermented Weaning Blends. 9. Science Association of Nigeria, 48th Annual Conference, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun state. Nigeria. ( June 9-14th, 2013). Wakil, S.M; Ajayi, O.O; Fasiku, S.A and Olaitan, J.O. Production of Lactic acid from Starchy-based food substrates

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