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FUOYE Academic Staff Profile

Dr. Deborah Moradeke Chukwuma

Senior Lecturer

Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences

Area of Specialization: Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics

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Biography

Dr. Deborah Moradeke Chukwuma is a Nigerian plant taxonomist, biosystematist, and conservation scientist in the Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Nigeria. Her work integrates classical taxonomy with modern molecular approaches to improve the understanding, conservation, and sustainable management of tropical plant diversity. She has conducted extensive floristic inventories and ethnobotanical surveys across southwestern Nigeria, contributing valuable baseline data for conservation planning, forest restoration, and the sustainable utilization of plant resources. She is widely published.

Research Interests

Plant systematics, floristic studies, ethnobotany, biodiversity conservation, documentation of indigenous plant knowledge

Qualifications

DegreeInstitutionYear
Ph.D.University of Ibadan2024
M.Sc.University of Ibadan2014
B.Sc.University of Ibadan2010

Membership of Professional Bodies

International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) · 2026

Member

Botanical Society of Nigeria (BOSON) · 2015 till date

Member

Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) · 2012 till date

Member

Postgraduate Ph.D Supervision

Ogunsakin Olamilekan Daniel · 2025-present

Integrated Ethnobotanical, Phytochemical, In Silico, and Toxicogenomic Evaluation of Anti-Typhoid Herbal Formulations in Ekiti State

Selected Publications

State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2026

Authors: Antonelli, A., Fry, C., Smith, R.J., Eden, J., Kersey, P.J., … Chukwuma, D.M., … Zu, K.

• 2026

Open publication

Biodiversity science is improved when silent herbaria speak

Authors: Daniel A Zhigila, Ryan J Schmidt‐Knapik, … Deborah M Chukwuma, … Charles C Davis

Plants, People, Planet • 2025

Open publication

Angiosperm Flora of Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Oye Campus – A Preliminary Checklist

Authors: Chukwuma, D.M., Chukwuma, E.C., Ayodele, A.E., Oluwajobi, A.O., Ajewole, T.O., Adekoya, M.A., Agbolade, J.O., David, O.A., Ajiboye, A.A., Popoola, K.M., Komolafe, R.J., Ajiboye, M.D., Oluwole, B.R., Iwuala, E.N., Akomatey, P.K., Adeleke, K.D, Adebisi, O.S

Nigerian Journal of Botany • 2024

Open publication

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