Dr. Lukman Olasunkanmi

Senior Lecturer

Email Address: loolasunkanmi@oauife.edu.ng

Name: Dr. Lukman Olasunkanmi

Staff: Academic Staff

Rank in the department: Senior Lecturer

Short Bio, Academic, and Research Activities:

Lukman O. Olasunkanmi is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He obtained his PhD in Chemistry from the North-West University (NWU), South Africa in 2016, MSc. (Chemistry) from Obafemi Awolowo University (2012), and BSc. (Hons) (Chemistry) with a First Class in 2007. He had served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at North-West University and University of Johannesburg. He is a Physical Chemist with research interests in kinetics and thermodynamics of metals/alloys corrosion, corrosion inhibition, as well as quantum chemical calculations of molecular and electronic structure. He has made significant contributions to research in corrosion science and inhibition, as well as theoretical investigation of molecular and electronic properties of organic molecules and metal complexes, leading to the design of materials with fascinating physical and chemical properties. He has authored/co-authored over a hundred publications in reputable peer-reviewed journals and presented his research works at various conferences. He is a reviewer to many scientific journals, home and abroad. He has supervised/co-supervised six (6) postgraduate students (M.Sc. and PhD). He has won several academic excellence awards, including the Global Excellence and Stature Postdoctoral Fellowship Award of the University of Johannesburg (2020 – 2021), Dapo Afolabi Most Productive Science Scholar Award of the Faculty of Science, OAU, Nigeria (2017), and Kayode Adebowale National Young Scientist Prize in Chemical Sciences (awarded by the Nigerian Young Academy) (2017). He is a Fellow of the Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP), a Fellow of the Nigerian Young Academy (NYA), a member of Chemical Society of Nigeria and an affiliate member of African Academy of Science (AAS). In recognition of his research prowess, Dr. Olasunkanmi currently holds a Senior Research Associateship position at the Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Johannesburg (UJ). He has served as a speaker/facilitator/resource person at numerous career enriching workshops and seminars. He is currently the Vice-Dean, Division of Student Affairs, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Office/Room Number: Room 214A, White House

Area of Specialization: Physical and Computational Chemistry

Current Research Projects for Postgraduate Students:

(1) Investigation of photocatalytic activities of platinum-group metal (PGM) complexes of some novel N,N′-bidentate chelating ligands towards CO2 reduction.
(2) Systematic design of new Re(I)-tricarbonyl based photo-active materials for potential applications in photodynamic therapy (PDT).
(3) Design and formulation of new benzimidazole-based compounds as inhibitors of biotic and abiotic corrosion in oil vessels.

List of Selected Publications (with DOI Number or a Hyperlink):
(1) Olasunkanmi, L.O., Wahab, O.O., Oladokun, H.A., Adepoju, A.O. and Govender, P.P. (2023). Computational study of mechanistic pathway and effect of zero valent metals on reductive debromination of some polybrominated biphenyls. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry 1227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2023.114238. (The Netherlands)
(2) Shotonwa, O.I. and Olasunkanmi, L.O. (2023). Insights into non-covalent interactions, molecular and electronic structures of 3-monosubstituted and 3,5-disubstituted 1,2-dithiolylium salts: Crystallographic visualization, Hirshfeld surface analysis and DFT Calculations. Chemical Physics Impact 6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chphi.2023.100211. (The Netherlands
(3) Olasunkanmi, L.O., Aniki, N.I., Adekunle, A.S., Durosinmi, L.M., Durodola S.S., Wahab, O.O. and Ebenso, E.E. (2021). Investigating the synergism of some hydrazinecarboxamides and iodide ions as corrosion inhibitor formulations for mild steel in hydrochloric Acid: Experimental and computational studies. Journal of Molecular Liquids 343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117600. (The Netherlands)
(4) Quadri, T.W., Olasunkanmi, L.O., Fayemi, O.E., Akpan, E.D., Verma, C., Sherif, E.M., Khaled, K.F. and Ebenso, E.E. (2021). Quantitative structure activity relationship and artificial neural network as vital tools in predicting coordination capabilities of organic compounds with metal surface: A review. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214101. (The Netherlands)
(5) Olasunkanmi, L.O. and Govender, P.P. (2021). Theoretical probe of absorption and fluorescence emission characteristics of highly luminescent ReL(CO)3X (L = 12H-indazolo[5,6-f][1,10]phenanthroline and X = F, Cl, Br, I): a DFT/TDDFT study. Molecular Physics 120(6): 1–14. (United Kingdom)
(6) Olasunkanmi, L.O., Idris, A.O., Adewole, A.H., Wahab, O.O. and Ebenso, E.E. (2020). Adsorption and corrosion inhibition potentials of salicylaldehyde-based Schiff bases of semicarbazide and p-toluidine on mild steel in acidic medium: experimental and computational studies. Surfaces and Interfaces 21: 1–12. (The Netherlands)
(7) Tabrizi, L., Olasunkanmi, L.O. and Fadare, O.A. (2020). De novo design of thioredoxin reductase-targeted heterometallic titanocene–gold compounds of chlorambucil for mechanistic insights into renal cancer. Chemical Communication 56: 297–300. (United Kingdom)
(8) Olasunkanmi, L.O. and Ebenso, E.E. (2019). Experimental and computational studies on propanone derivatives of quinoxalin-6-yl-4,5-dihydropyrazole as inhibitors of mild steel corrosion in hydrochloric acid. Journal of Colloids and Interface Science 561: 104–116 (The Netherlands)
(9) Wahab, O.O, Olasunkanmi, L.O., Govender, K.K. and Govender, P.P. (2019). Prediction of aqueous solubility by treatment of COSMO‑RS data with empirical solubility equations: the roles of global orbital cut‑off and COSMO solvent radius. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts 138(80): 1–13 (Germany)
(10) Tabrizi, L., Olasunkanmi, L.O. and Fadare, O.A. (2019). Experimental and theoretical investigations of cyclometalated ruthenium(II) complex containing CCC-pincer and anti- inflammatory drugs as ligands: synthesis, characterization, inhibition of cyclooxygenase and in vitro cytotoxicity activities in various cancer cell lines. Daltons Transactions 48: 728–740. (United Kingdom)

Google Scholar and/ Scopus Link(s):

Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rtO05rQAAAAJ&hl=en
Scopus Link: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55358257200
ORCiD Link: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6295-2950