Gender

Female

Location

Mmabatho, North West

Organization

North-West university

Title / Role

Professor/Director

Subject(s) I Teach or Learning Interest Area

Microbial Biotechnology

Personal Interests and Passions

My research group's interest is to better understand plant-soil microbe interactions toward plant health management. We investigate below and above ground microbial interactions, rhizosphere metagenomics, symbiosis and aspects of stress tolerance. We aim to generate biofertilizers, bioherbicides, and similar biocontrol products.

Personal Website / ePortfolio / Personal Web Presence (PWP)

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4344-1909

Twitter Handle (@yourtwitter)

@BukiBabalola

Twitter (use full Twitter link)

https://twitter.com/BukiBabalola

More About Me

Prof Babalola (Pr.Sci.Nat, MASSAF) holds BSC, MSc, PhD (Microbiology) and an MBA in Sci. Leadership. She is a product of the Int. Institute of Tropical Agric. (IITA), the Org for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), the Weizmann Institute of Sci., Israel, and the Univ. of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa. She is the Research Director of Food Security and Safety Niche Area at North-West Univ. (NWU), the Vice President of OWSD and without reservation leading, as the Principal Investigator, a Microbial Biotech lab. Her lab is mini united nations, with students from within and outside Africa. She has graduated 14 PhDs, 16 masters, and 48 Honors students. Babalola is a prolific author with ~200 publications. She has over 40 professional certificates from the University of California, Berkeley, USA; University of Mauritius, Reduit; NWU, South Africa and Bradford University, the UK to mention a few. Her wealth of int. experience spans through the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.