Ekundayo Stephen Samuel

Ekundayo had his first degree in veterinary medicine and master’s in biochemistry from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is currently a doctoral student in the laboratory of Professor Oyeronke Odunola in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Ibadan. He is developing alternative therapies for either preventing or indeed treating cancer by isolating and characterising bioactive compounds from medicinal plants. His research is also addressing the lack of mechanistic information on the role of those active compounds in cancer. Ekundayo is a University of Ibadan Scholar (graduated with distinctions in veterinary medicine) and a 2017 Commonwealth Split-site Ph.D. Scholar to the University of Bath, United Kingdom.