Brief Profile of Dr Mutiat Adebanke Balogun
Dr Mutiat Adebanke Balogun is a Senior Lecturer and Ag. Head, Department of Home Economics and Food Science Faculty of Agriculture. She had her primary and secondary education at Adeola Model School, Offa and Federal Government College, Ilorin respectively. She proceeded to Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria for her Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) ‘A’ level and Bachelor’s degree programmes, respectively. Similarly, she attended University of Ilorin for her Master (2002) and PhD (2013) degrees with interest in Food Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology.
Before joining the services of University of Ilorin as an Assistant Lecturer on the 16th September, 2008, she had worked at the Department of Food Technology, Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State (1997-2008) where she served in various capacities. She rose to the rank of a Senior Lecturer in 2017.
She has held several administrative positions at the departmental and faculty levels, such as Departmental Postgraduate Coordinator (2017-2019), Level Adviser (2012 – 2017), Examination Officer (2012 – 2015) and SubDean (1st February, 2019 – 16th April, 2021). She has also served in various committees such as Teaching and Research Farm Security Committee (2016), Farm Development and Implementation Committee (2012 – 2018), Dress Code Committee (2010 – 2017), Acting Manager, University Guest Houses Management Board (2017 – 2019), Technical Committee of Technical and Entrepreneurial Centre (TEC) (2015 – 2019), Convocation and Ceremonials Committee (2014 – 2016) and Timetable and Room Usage Committee (2019 – 2021).