Oloye recognized as emerging scholar
Chemistry professor receives Dr. Larry E. Davis Award
Dr. Femi Oloye, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, was one of eight Pitt scholars recognized by the University of Pittsburgh’s Dr. Larry E. Davis Awards.
Oloye received the Emerging Scholar Award at a dinner held Oct. 29 at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh. The Emerging Scholar Award recognizes rising-star faculty who are already making a significant scholarly impact.
Oloye is a physical organic chemist who has dedicated his career to studying the impact of human activities on the environment. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and has worked at universities in Nigeria, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Prior to his appointment at Pitt-Bradford, Oloye was a research associate in Professor John Giesy’s laboratory at the Toxicology Center located at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He also previously served as lead wastewater scientist at the Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory at the Saskatchewan Health Authority in Canada. His research on wastewater surveillance has the potential to help track and prevent the spread of disease.
One of his current research projects involves studying McKean County waterways with undergraduate researchers.
He is active in the American Chemical Society, where he champions undergraduate research. In May, he served as a symposium organizer and session chair for two sessions of the ACS regional conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania, which included a session dedicated to undergraduate research in chemistry.
Receiving the Emerging Scholar Award caps off a busy year for Oloye, who delivered a keynote lecture on catalysts and their industrial relevance at the 11th Annual Symposium of the American Chemical Society, Nigeria Chapter, held at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria.
He was also named an exceptional reviewer by the journal Water from the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.
Most recently, he published two new pieces: a book chapter, “Global Regulatory Bodies and Agencies in Bioresources for Managing and Treating Dementia,” in the book Bioresources for Managing and Treating Dementia: Prospects and Challenges, and a journal article, “Impact of in utero exposure to high-dose monosodium glutamate on testicular structure and somatic features in Wistar rat progeny,” in Morphologie.
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