Background      

• Ph.D Biophysical Chemistry. West Virginia University
• M.Sc. Chemistry (Physical) Obafemi Awolowo Univ., Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
• Assistant Lecturer(Physical Chemistry) O.A.Univ., Ile-Ife, Nigeria
• B.Sc Chemistry (Hons) Obafemi Awolowo Univ., Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
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Research Interests

• Spatiotemporal Patterns Formation in Oxyhalogen Sulfur Chemistry.
• Video Imaging and Pattern Characterization.
• Kinetics and Mechanistic Studies of Oxidation of Oxy-Halogen Sulfur Compounds by Strong Oxidants.
• In-vitro Studies of Oxidation of Essential Amino acids and their biologically-important derivatives.[Read Abstracts!]
• Inorganic Reactions Mechanism-Titanium(III) and Ruthenium(II) reductions of Cobalt (III) complexes.
• Ion Selective Electrodes ( Preparations and Applications)
• Purfication and Characterization of Steroid Compounds.

Publications

Simoyi, R.H; Street, K.; Mundoma, C.; Olojo, R.. “Complex Kinetics in the Reaction of Taurine With Aqueous Bromine and Acidic Bromate: A Possible Cytoprotective Role Against Hypobromous Acid”. S. Afr. J. Chem.(2002), 55, 136-143

 Chinake, C.R; Olojo, O.O; Jonnalagada, S.B; and Simoyi, R.H. “Kinetics and Mechanism of the Oxidation of 4-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazide by Acidic Bromate”. Inter. Journal of Chem. Kinetics. (2002), 34 (4), 237-247.

Chinake, C.R; Olojo, O.O; Chigwada, T. and Simoyi, R.H. “Oxyhalogen-sulfur Chemistry: Kinetics and mechanism of      the oxidation of a Bunte salt 2-aminoethanethiolsulfuric acid (AETSA) by chlorite.” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2001), 3, 4957-4964.

Chinake, C.R; Olojo, O.O; and Simoyi, R.H. “Oxidation of Formaldehyde by Chlorite in Basic and Slightly Acidic Media”.  J. Phys. Chem. A (1998), Vol. 21, No. 3, pg.606-611.

Ojo, J.F; Olojo, O.O; Oyetunji, O.A; and Olubuyide, O.A. “The reductions of Chloro-, Bromo-, and Iodopentacyanocobaltate (III) anions by Titanium (III) in aqueous acidic solution”. Transition Met. Chem. (1996), Vol.21, pg. 123-126.

Conference Attended

• The America Chemical Society International Conference. Physical and Medicinal Chemistry. New Orleans, Louisiana (August 1999).
• Advances in the in-vitro Reactivities of Methionine and Methionine Sulfoxide (Poster presented at the 34^th Convention          of the South African Chemical Institute 1998).
• The Gordon Conference. "Oscillations and Chemical Instabilities in Dynamic Systems". Salve Regina Univ. RI (July 1997)

Short Talks and Discussions

• Thionicotinamide Chemistry- An Important Xenobiotic.
• The chlorite-formaldehyde redox reaction.
• Advances in the in-vitro Reactivities of methionine.
• Cyclodextrin femtosecond dynamics
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