Dr Ovokeroye Abafe
Lecturer in Environmental Sciences

Summary

 Dr Ovokeroye Abafe has extensive experience in applying chromatographic and mass spectrometric   techniques for trace level analyses of legacy, emerging and novel chemical contaminants and pollutants   in abiotic and biotic matrices including human tissues. He has particular interest in establishing the links   between external exposure to environmental pollutants and their human body-burden using next   generation exposure and risk assessment tools (e.g., 3D-models and organoids) and human   biomonitoring. Prior to joining Brunel University, he was a Marie Curie Individual Fellow at the University   of Birmingham. Dr Abafe was previously a senior research scientist and laboratory manager at the   Agricultural Research Council- Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, where he was responsible for the   South African National Residue Monitoring Programme for Antibiotics, Veterinary Drugs and   Environmental Contaminants Residues in Food and Feed of Animal Origin including Livestock, Poultry and   Wildlife. He has led several institutional, national and international projects; and led several training   programmes in the area of food analytical methods, quality control and quality management systems for   the United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organization/International Atomic Energy Agency.  Dr Abafe   received a Y1-rating (A researcher who is recognized as having the potential to establish him/herself as a researcher of considerable international standing on the basis of the quality and impact of his/her recent research outputs) from the National Research Foundation of South Africa in 2021.

Career Summary

• 2023 –present: Lecturer in Environmental Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (CHMLS), Brunel University London.
• 2021 –2023 - Marie Curie Individual Fellow, University of Birmingham
• 2016 – 2021: Senior Research Scientist and Laboratory Manager, Agricultural Research Council, South Africa.
• 2016 - Visiting Research Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden.  
• 2015 – 2016 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
• 2014 - Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa

Qualifications

 2015: PhD Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 

 2010: MSc Chemistry, University of Ibadan.

 2006: BSc (Hons), Industrial Chemistry, Delta State University.

Responsibility

Module Lead for ES3703: Planetary Health Case Studies and ES1708: Research and Field Work

Division's Health and Safety officer.