Babalola Olubukola Oluranti

Babalola (Pr.Sci.Nat, MASSAF, FTWAS, FAS, FAAS, FISC, FRSB) is the Vice President of the Org. for Women in Sci. for the Developing World (OWSD) & TWAS. Baba, a NRF B-rated scientist with MBA, sits on several editorial boards and acts as an International Advisor to a few others. She was with Int. Inst. of Tropical Agric (Nigeria), ICIPE (Kenya), Weizmann Inst. of Sci. (Israel), Univ of the Western Cape, and now North-West Univ (South Africa). She has 21 years of rhizosphere research experience. She is passionate about capacity building & has trained 37 PhDs & 27 MScs. Many of her PhD products are in academics in the UK, Italy, America, Canada, Australia, Sweden, & Africa. She authored 450 publications. She is an AAAS-TWAS science diplomacy alumnus, impacting the world in policymaking, diplomacy, and diplomatic engagement. Her international experience spans the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. She enjoys global partnerships, and her efforts have received many awards, including the finalist, GenderInSite 2020, Clarivate 2022, 2023 & SAWISA 2024. Baba has an H-index of 83, 32,900 citations & 56 professional certificates. She is #1 in Africa for Soil Science and Plant Nutrition