Prof. Tolulope Omolayo Ariyomo

Professor

Faculty of Agriculture · Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture

Specialization Behavioural Ecology, Aquatic Toxicology, Fisheries Management

Office: Faculty of Agriculture Building, Federal University Oye-Ekiti.

Phone: +2348074611111

Email: tolulope.ariyomo@fuoye.edu.ng

Biography

Professor Tolulope Omolayo Ariyomo is a Professor specialising in Behavioural Ecology and Toxicology in the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Nigeria. She is an accomplished academic, researcher, and university administrator with over 12 years of post-PhD experience in teaching, research, postgraduate supervision, and academic leadership.

She earned a First Class Honours degree and a Master’s degree with Distinction from the Federal University of Technology Akure before obtaining a PhD in Animal and Plant Sciences from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, under a prestigious doctoral scholarship. She began her academic career as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Sheffield in 2009 before joining FUOYE as Lecturer I in 2015. She was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2018, Reader in 2021, and Professor in 2024.

Her research focuses on evolutionary biology, fish behavioural ecology, aquatic toxicology, fisheries management, fish genetics, epigenetics, and sustainable aquaculture. She has authored over 35 scholarly publications in reputable national and international journals and conference proceedings, advancing understanding of fish personality, behavioural evolution, aquatic pollution, environmental toxicology, and fisheries development.

Professor Ariyomo has supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate students and serves as an external examiner, editor, and reviewer for scientific journals. She has held strategic leadership positions, including Deputy Dean, Acting Head of Department, Deputy Director of Gender Studies, and Managing Editor of the FUOYE Journal of Agriculture and Human Ecology. She has also served on the Federal Government's National Laureate Committee and the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank Policy Drafting Committee. She remains committed to advancing scholarship, mentorship, innovation, food security, community service, and environmental sustainability through impactful research, academic leadership, professional service, and collaborative partnerships that strengthen higher education, fisheries, aquaculture, and national development.

Qualifications

• B. Agric. Tech. Fisheries and Wildlife, Federal University of Technology, Akure (2002)
• M. Agric. Tech. Fisheries Management, Federal University of Technology, Akure (2008)
• PhD Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK. (2013)

Selected Publications

1. Evaluation of Serum Biochemical Changes in Clarias gariepinus Exposed to Different Concentrations of Dried Poultry Droppings.
   Authors: Tope-Jegede, O.H., Akinsorotan, M.A., Joseph, A.T., Ariyomo, T.O., Jimoh, J.O., Fabusoro, A.A, Kelau, J.S., Abdullahi, N. and Osanaiye, I.S.
   Kashere Journal of Animal Science (2025)
2. Effect of Tank Structural Enrichment on Behavior and Growth of the Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).
   Authors: Ariyomo, T. O., Olabode-Ayodele, O., Omobepade, B. P., Fabusoro, A. A., Kelau, J. S.
   Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries (2024)
3. Impact of the Colour of Rearing Tank on Behavior and Growth of Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758).
   Authors: Ariyomo, T.O., Omobepade, B.P., Adedeji, D.B., Olasunkanmi, J.B., Fabusoro, A.A., Jimoh, J.O., Tope-Jegede, O.H. and Kelau, J.S.
   Journal of Aquaculture and Fish Health (2024)
4. Haematological and Histological Assessment of Clarias gariepinus Juveniles Exposed to Crude Extract of Albizia Chevalier Sawdust.
   Authors: Ariyomo, T.O., Obafemi, T.D., Omobepade, B.P., Jimoh, J.O., Fabusoro, A.A., Tope-Jegede, O.H., and Akintola, O.A.
   Journal of Applied Science and Environmental Management (2023)

Scholarship

• University of Sheffield fee Scholarship - University of Sheffield Scholarship ((2009- 2012))

Membership of Professional Bodies

• Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON) - Member (2024-Date)
• Organic Agriculture Professionals in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria (OAPTIN) - Member (2024-Date)
• Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN) - Member (2018-Date)
• Society of Experimental Biology (SEB) - United Kingdom - Member (2012-Date)

Paper Presentation - Local

• Sociability and the Phototactic Response of Juvenile African Catfish. - Annual Conference of OAPTIN (2024)

Paper Presentation - International

• Aggression and lateralization in zebrafish (Danio rerio). - Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) Easter conference, Aberystwyth, Wales (2012)

Postgraduate Ph.D Supervision

• ADESOJI, Gabriel Omoboriowo - Comparative Assessment of the Proximate Composition and Toxicological Profiles of Imported Frozen, Commercially Cultured, and Wild-Caught Fish Species Consumed in Ekiti State: Effects of Common Processing Methods on Toxicant Reduction. (2025)
• Olawale, Ademola Thomas - Bio-Ecological Assessment of Some Selected Fish Species in Ogbese Reservoir of Ondo State, Nigeria. (2021)

Postgraduate M.Sc Supervision

• Olubunmi, Yetunde Abioye - Toxicity of Nonylphenol to Clarias gariepinus & Oreochromis niloticus. (2020)
• ADESOJI, Gabriel Omoboriowo - Heavy Metal Toxicity and Health Risk Assessments in Fish, Water, Vegetation, and Soil Sediment in the Gold Mine Area of Ijesha Land, South West Nigeria. (2021)

Undergraduate Project Supervision

• AJALA, A. O. - Sociability and the Phototactic Response of Juvenile Clarias gariepinus. (2022)
• OLABODE-AYODELE, O. R. - Effect of Tank Complexity on Behaviour and Growth of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). (2021)
• OBAFEMI, T. D. - Haematological and Histological Assessment of African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus Exposed to Crude Extract of Albizia chevalier Sawdust. (2020)
• ISAIAH, B. B. - Toxicity of Crude Extract of Terminalia superba Sawdust to African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus. (2020)
• ADEDEJI, D. B. - The Impact of Housing Environment Colour on Behaviour and Growth of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). (2020)
• NWACHUKWU, E. N. - Toxicity of Local Brewery Effluents to Clarias gariepinus and its effect on some target organs. (2019)
• OLATOYE, D. S. - Lateralization and Aggression of Oreochromis niloticus, Nile Tilapia. (2018)
• ADENIRAN, A.F. - Toxicity of Cassava Effluents to Clarias gariepinus and its Effect on Some Target Organs. (2016)

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Member: National Laureate Committee

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