Omotayo Ademola Arotiba
Professor, University of Johannesburg
An expert in the field of water treatment. He is currently a Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He previously served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of the Western Cape and is a recognized authority in electrochemistry and water treatment. He is a board member of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI), the Chair of Electrochem SA, and a member of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE). Prof. Arotiba has published 143 international papers, with an h-index of 47 and 7,431 citations. He has also participated in numerous international research projects and has received several national and international awards, including the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Young Chemist Award. He serves as a project reviewer for several national institutions. Prof. Arotiba has dedicated many years to the application of electrochemical membrane technology in water treatment, focusing on its performance and manufacturing processes. He proposed the use of modified carbon nanofiber-deposited PET substrates to create selective permeable membranes, applied in water purification and desalination.
Omotayo Arotiba received his PhD in 2009 at SensorLab, University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa. He carried out some postdoctoral research with three institutions from 2009 to 2010: SensorLab (UWC); Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town and the University of Johannesburg. He joined the Department of Applied Chemistry (now Department of Chemical Sciences), University of Johannesburg (UJ) South Africa in 2011 where he is currently a full Professor and the Director of the Centre for Nanomaterials Science Research. Prof Arotiba is the current Chairman of the Electrochemistry Division (ElectrochemSA) of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI) and he is a SACI Board member. He is a C1 rated researcher by the National Research Foundation of South Africa.
He leads the Electrochemistry Research Group at UJ. His research interest is on the application of electrochemistry to solving challenges in environmental, water, materials and biomedical fields. His focus includes (but not limited to) the development of photo-electrochemical water treatment technologies; electrochemical sensors & biosensors; materials electrochemistry and nano-electrochemistry.
Prof Arotiba has published 121 papers with h index of 31 and over 3882 citations. He has graduated 12 PhDs and 19 MSc (15 with distinction) students. He is an Editorial Board Member of Frontiers in Sensor (Associate Editor), Current NanoScience and Materials Focus Journal. He has been a Guest Editor for Electrocatalysis (2018) and Electroanalysis (2020) and currently for Catalysis (2021). He is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), International Society of Electrochemistry and a Fellow of the Chemical Society of Nigeria.
