Dr S. O. Azeez

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Dr S. O. Azeez

Associate Professor

Name: Sekinat Okikiola Azeez
Email Address: soazeez@oauife.edu.ng
Rank: Associate Professor
Area of Specialisation: Plant Genetics and Cytogenetics

Sekinat Okikiola Azeez (Nee Hassan) is currently a Reader (Associate Professor) in the Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. She obtained all her tertiary education at Obafemi Awolowo University, earning a First Class B.Sc. in Botany in 2006, an M.Sc. in 2011, and a PhD in Botany in 2016. Her academic career at the University has progressed steadily from Graduate Assistant in 2010 to Reader in 2023, and was complemented by a DBT-UNESCO-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India, between 2022 and 2023. She has participated in nationally funded research projects, with research interests spanning genetic resources conservation and plant genetics. Numerous scholarships, academic awards, and extensive teaching responsibilities in genetics, cytogenetics, evolution, and botany-related entrepreneurship further distinguish her professional profile.

Publications

  1. Banji, A., Ajose, T., Matthew, J.O., Azeez, S.O., Arogundade, O. (2025). RNA interference (RNAi)-Based Techniques for Management of Plant Viruses. In: Goswami, K., Gelaw, T.A., Sanan-Mishra, N.(eds). Non-coding RNAs for Crop Improvement. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-7213-1_8
  2. Azeez, S. O., Gelaw, T. A., Goswami, K., and Sanan-Mishra, N. (2025). Comparative expression profiles of stress-responsive miRNAs and their targets in four cereal crops exposed to PEG-induced drought. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11105-025-01603-4
  3. Akintunde, S. B., Adio, S. A., Daniyan, A. A., Muritala, A. O., Oladejo, K. A., Azeez, S.O., Yusuf, O. J., Adeleke, R. A., Ayorinde, T. A., Aladesanmi, T. and Obayopo, S. O. (2025). Numerical and experimental studies on combustion of Hura crepitans biodiesel-diesel blends in a compression ignition (CI) engine. Thermal Advances, 2: 100012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thradv.2024.100012
  4. Azeez, S. O., Olumide, J. O., Tijani, Z. T., Aroyehun, T. F. and Akinloye, J.A. (2024). Anatomical and molecular studies in Nigerian Physalis L. species. Nigerian Journal of Botany, 37 (2), 227 – 250
  5. Azeez, S. O., Olawole, G. B., Sosanwo, A. K., Akinloye, A. J. and Abraham, O. G. (2024). Characterisation of three Capsicum species and their phylogenetic relationship. Ife Journal of Science and Technology, 8(1): 16 –30
  6. Azeez, S. O. and Adeboye, S. E. (2024). Advances in understanding plant-pathogen interactions: insights from tomato as a model system. VirusDisease https://doi.org/10.1007/s13337-024-00889-4
  7. Odekanyin, O. O., Azeez, S. O., Adesodun, T. O., Adekanmbi. K. A. (2024). Antioxidant potential and cytogenotoxicity activity of methanol extract of Asystasia vogeliana Benth leaf. Tropical Journal of Natural Product Research, 8(4):7024- 7029; https://doi.org/10.26538/tjnpr/v8i4.39
  8. Matthew, J. O., Azeez, S. O., Akinloye, A. J., Alebiowu, G., Faluyi, J. O. (2024). Leaf anatomy of twenty Dioscorea cultivars from Nigeria Cell Biology and Development, 8(1):1-12 DOI: 10.13057/cellbioldev/v080101
  9. Azeez, S. O., Matthew, J. O., Abraham, O. G., Babayemi, O. S. and Ikhinmwin, I. V. (2024). Morpho-cytological studies and DNA barcoding in genus Senna (Fabaceae, Caesalpinoideae). Phytotaxa, 637 (2): 165–176; https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.637.2.4
  10. Azeez, S. O., Olasunkanmi, S. Akinloye, J. A., and Abraham, O. G. (2023). Characterization of the two species of Melochia L. in Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Horticultural Science,27(1): 64-74.
  11. Azeez, S. O., Abraham, O. G. and Olaoluwa, E. A. (2022). Pollen studies of some species in six genera of the family Cyperaceae from Ile-Ife, South West, Nigeria. Ife Journal of Science and Technology, 6(1):1-16.
  12. Okunlola, B. O., Azeez, S. O., Faluyi, J. O. (2022). Reproductive Biology of Two Lagenaria (Curcubitaceae) species. Botanica, 28(2): 133-144.
  13. Matthew, J. O., Oziegbe, M., Azeez, S. O., Ajose, T. E. and Okoye, M. E. (2022). Polyploidization and Speciation: Patterns of Natural Hybridization and Gene Flow in Basil (Ocimum spp). Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 14(3): 1-12.
  14. Azeez, S. O. Ojo, S. A. Dunmade, O. G. Ogundele, T.O., and Akinpelu, B. A. (2022). Morphology and Phytochemical Diversity among Some Species in the Family Cyperaceae. Journal of Biological Studies, 5(2): 243-269.
  15. Olaoluwa, E. A. and Azeez, S. O. (2022). Chromosomal and Reproductive Barriers among Three Species of Cleome L. from Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Nordic Journal of Botany, 2022(6): 1-10; e03534, doi.10.1111/njb.03534.
  16. Faluyi, J. O, Matthew, J. O and Azeez, S. O. (2022). Collection, Characterization, Product Quality Evaluation, and Conservation of Genetic Resources of Yam (Dioscorea spp.) Cultivars from Ekiti State, Nigeria. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722.022-01349-y S
  17. Azeez, S. O., Olowu, A. N., Godwin, A., Apata, J. T. and Akinpelu, B. A. (2021). Evaluation of Cytotoxic Effects of Methanolic Extract and Fractions of Mirabilisjalapa (L.) leaf. Journal of Applied Life Sciences International, 24(6): 25-35.
  18. Azeez, S. O. (2020). Characterisation and Reproductive Biology of Four Physalis L. Species from Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Botany 33(2): 151-172.
  19. Azeez, S. O., Matthew, J. O., Olaoluwa, E. A., Adegboyega, G. B. and Akinyoola, I. O. (2020). Morphological and Molecular Studies of Three Species of Boerhavia L. from Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Ife Journal of Science, 22(2): 225-236.
  20. Azeez, S. O., Ayo-Lawal, R. A., Olawuni, I. J. and Abraham, O. G. (2020). Evaluation of the Bio-Toxicity and Cytogenetic Effects of Methanolic Leaf Extract of Heliotropium indicum L. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 14(1): 1-10.
  21. Ayo-Lawal, R. A., Azeez, S. O. and Osoniyi, O. (2020). Anti-Mitotic and Anti- Proliferation Potentials of the Aqueous and Methanolic Extracts of Fermented Citrullus vulgaris (Ogiri-Egusi) seeds. Nigerian Journal of Biotechnology, 37(1): 1-9
  22. Azeez, S. O., Faluyi, J. O. and Oziegbe, M. (2019). Cytological, Foliar Epidermal and Pollen Grain Studies in Relation to Ploidy Levels in Four Species of Physalis L. (Solanaceae) from Nigeria. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 13(4): 1960-1968.
  23. Solanke, D. G., Oziegbe, M. and Azeez, S. O. (2019). Interspecific Hybridization Studies of Three Stachytarpheta Species from Nigeria. Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences, 12(4): 435-440.
  24. Akinpelu, B. A., Godwin, A., Gbadegesin, T. Ajakaye, N., Omotosho S. E., Azeez, S. O., Oziegbe, M. and Oyedapo, O. O. (2019). Comparative Studies on Anti- Inflammatory, Antioxidant and Antimutagenic Activities of Crassocephalum crepidioides (Bent) Leaf Cold and Hot Water Extracts. Asian Food Science Journal, 9(1): 1-12.
  25. Azeez, S. O. and Faluyi, J. O. (2019). Karyotypic Studies of Four Physalis Species from Nigeria. Acta Botanica Hungarica, 61(1-2): 5-9.
  26. Azeez, S. O. and Faluyi, J. O. (2019). Proximate Analysis, Vitamin C, Anti-Nutrients and Mineral Composition of Four Nigerian Species of Physalis and Solanum nigrum. Acta Horticulturae, 1238. ISHS: 81-91, Proceedings of African Vegetables Forum. Eds: Taiwo, K.A., Akponikpe, P.B.I. and Aluko, R.E. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2019.1238.10.
  27. Akinpelu, B. A., Godwin, A., Aderogba, M. A., Makinde, M. A., Azeez, S. O. and Oziegbe, M. (2018). Evaluation of Anti-Inflammatory and Genotoxicity Potentials of the Fractions of Archidium ohioense (Schimp. Ex Mull) extract. Ife Journal of Science, 20(3): 487-496.
  28. Azeez, S. O. and Faluyi, J. O. (2018). Hybridization in Four Nigerian Physalis (Linn.) Species. Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 10(2): 205-210.
  29. Azeez, S. O. and Folorunso, A. E. (2014). Phenology and Pollen Studies of SomeSpecies of Annonaceae in Nigeria. Ife Journal of Science, 16 (2):171-179.
  30. Azeez, S. O., Faluyi, J. O. and Oziegbe, M. (2014). Botanical and Cytological Studies of Monodora tenuifolia Benth. Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 6(2):173-177.
  31. Oziegbe, M., Faluyi, J. O. and Azeez, S. O. (2011). Comparative Vegetative and Fruit Characteristics of Seven Ludwigia (Linn) Species in Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Botany, 24(2): 219-230.
  32. Olorode, O., Hassan, S. O., Olabinjo, O. A. and Raimi, I. O. (2011). Tithonia (Asteraceae) in Nigeria. Ife Journal of Science, 13 (1): 1-10.