Kobiowu Abdulhadi Akande
- Research area(s): Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the sex-ratio distortion in Aedes aegypti
Education
Ph.D., Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Virginia Tech, 2026 Expected
MSc., Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Göttingen, Germany, 2022
MSc., Animal Breeding and Genetics, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway, 2022
B.Agric., Animal Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, 2019
National Diploma (ND), Agricultural Technology, The Polytechnic Ibadan, Nigeria, 2013
Experience
August 2022–present – Graduate Research Assistant, Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Virginia Tech
March 2019–present – CEO/Founder, Kammtech Green Energy Solutions
March 2021–April 2021 – Graduate Intern, Lohmann Breeders, Cuxhaven, Germany
August 2019–July 2020 – Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
July 2019–August 2019 –Summer Research Intern, Chonbuk National University, South Korea
Selected Major Awards
- Graduate Research Assistantship, Virginia Tech, 2022
- UK BBSRC Doctoral Studentship FoodBioSystems, Queen Mary University, 2022
- Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Delaware, 2022
- Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship, University of Tokyo, Japan (2020)
- Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Scholarship in Animal Breeding and Genetics (2020)
- Great Ife Alumni First Class Award (2019)
- KGS 2019 for African Undergraduates, Chonbuk National University, South Korea (2019)
- Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Grant (2019)
Oral Presentations
- Kobiowu, A. 2021. “Evaluation of Genetic Parameters of Clutch and Egg Production Traits in Two Lines of Commercial Layers”. Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS) Summer School, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria.
Poster Presentations
- Asomah, J., Fiadey, S., Zikp, Y., and Kobiowu, A. 2019. “Improving Cattle Production in West Africa: A Genome to Phenome Approach”. GKS Summer Program for African and Latin American Students, Dong Eui University, Busan, South Korea.