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Dr Oladipo Kolawole received his undergraduate B.Tech degree in Microbiology; M.Sc. in Medical Microbiology and Parasitology (Virology Option) and Ph.D. in Microbiology (Medical Virology / Immunology Option) at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria where he specialized on infectious diseases caused by viruses and antimicrobial resistance. Presently, he holds a faculty position at the Department of Microbiology, Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria.

Dr. Oladipo Elijah Kolawole is an International Fellow of India Council of Medical Research /African Union-STRC, experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the research industry. Dr Oladipo has published 70 research articles in double blind peer reviewed national and international journals, authored a book and 42 conference proceedings at both national and international conferences, symposium and workshops. He has attended 16 international conferences, symposium and workshops and 18 national conferences, symposium and workshops.

His major research focuses on infectious diseases caused by RNA viruses, molecular epidemiology/surveillance, diagnosis, pathogenesis, molecular immunology, viral immunology and oncology, viral computational biology, antiviral resistance, and antibiotics resistance. Also, into interspecies transmission dynamics of emerging infectious diseases particularly those caused by RNA viruses. His research is directed towards uncovering how host immune pressure and transmission affect the genetic diversity of RNA viruses alongside the understanding of innate immunity to RNA viruses with the application of molecular biology, bioinformatics, and immunoinformatics.