Biographical Sketches of Speakers and Facilitators [International Forum for AIDS Research (3rd : 1991 : Washington, D.C.)]

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Gabriel lahatundeC Ogunmola, Protesor of Chemistry and Deatn of the Faculty
of Suience, Tvnivmeity of Ibadan was born on 3oth Septe"mber. I. He graduated
B.Sc. honours Chemistry from the Un tersly of Ibadan In n 6j and obtained a
Ph.D degree in Physical Chemistry University of Ibadan in es68. He jcined the statf
of the Department of Chenistry, University of lbadan in July '05 as an NIH, Pomt
Doctoral Reearch Fellow. He was a Rockefeller Post Doutralt Rsearch Fellow
with Professor Brirtton Chance at the Johnson Rsearch Foundation, Department of
Biophyica nad Medical Physict, University of Pmnnsylvanla 96 -7o. He was at
Princeton & a Pullbright Fellow in u'q, at California Instiite oiTechnology as a
Vluiting Rrserhb Associate in W -74; at 1'nivusity of California Rerktle as Visiting
Assistant Profssor in the Department of Chemistry, Universiy of California, Berkely,
Visiting Sciaentist to the Lawrence Radiation Laboratoty, Berkeley in A976; a Visiting
Hill Professor of Chemistry, University of Miannepolis, Minnesota in ~893
Professor OgunmAola Is a Chemist of Intermational repute asod his many publications
in leard journal ad conaribution to chaptrs in Books ttest to his Lnellucual
and scademic distinctiou. He was elected into the Felluwahip of the Nigerian
Academy of Science on the basis of his outstanding contributions in the field of
Physical Chemistry and in particular the application of the tools and principle of
Physical Chemistry in the advancement of the understanding of important biological
mairomolecule.
Professor Ogunmols has made signcsant contributions to knowledge in the
studies of the relationship between structure and function and molecular pathology
of the hemoglobins and in particular the molecular pathology of the prevalent sickle
cell and hemoglobin C diseases. His noteworthy contributions in hemoglobin research
has also been extended to the Physical Chemstry and Molecular Pathology of genetic
variants of Glucose.Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) ensymes in the Nigrian
environment.
He has attended many intemational and national scientific confereaces u as a speaker
and session leader. Ho was a member of the Internatilonal Organising Committee
of the second International Conference on water and ions in biological system
at Bucharest in:98. He was elected a member of the International Committee on
Education in Biophysics at the Sixth Intemational Congress of Biophysics in 1978
and was a member of the European Expert Committee on Biophyil since *910.
He served on the Editorial Board of the Niprian Journalof Sdentae and was Deputy
Editor and Edir respectively at various times.
He has contributed Immensely to the development of the scientit enterprise and
the image of the discipline of Chemistry and scieoce in Nigeria
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