TASFUED lecturer gets grant for project in South Africa

A Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Sciences, College of Science and Information Technology (COSIT), Tai Solarin Federal University of Education (TASFUED), Ijagun, Dr Abosede Adejoke Badeji, has secured the highly competitive ASESMANET Intra-Africa Mobility Grant.

The grant, supported by the External Activities Unit (EAU) of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy will enable Badeji to undertake an advanced research visit to the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC), Cape Town, South Africa to assess high-performance computing resources and collaborate with experts in computational materials science.

Her research focuses on TiO₂/CuO heterointerfaces for fuel-cell catalysis, with emphasis on using advanced computational approaches to investigate and optimise the structural and electronic properties of the materials for potential applications in catalytic processes related to clean and sustainable energy technologies.

Congratulating Badeji on the achievement,  TASFUED Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Samuel Oladipo, described the grant as more than an award, noting that it recognised scholarly competence, research potential, and the growing international visibility of academics at the University.

He said the achievement stressed the importance of building a university where academics contribute to creating new knowledge, address contemporary challenges, and compete successfully for opportunities beyond Nigeria.

Oladipo informed the research mobility programme had the potential to generate benefits extending beyond the duration of the visit, particularly through the strengthening of Badeji’s capacity for advanced computational research, international collaboration, joint publications and future competitive grant applications.

He added that the programme would also foster stronger research linkages between scholars and institutions in Nigeria and South Africa.