Dr. Adegboyega (Yomi) K. Oyelere

Assistant Professor

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NIH Postdoctoral Associate, supported by minority supplement to an NIH R01 grant, July 2001 to November 2001, Yale University. Advisor: Professor Scott A. Strobel
Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow, July 1998 to June 2001, Yale University.
Advisor: Professor Scott A. Strobel
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, June 1998, Brown University.
Thesis Advisor: Professor John S. Oliver
Thesis Title: Abiotic Models for Ribosomal Polypeptide Biosynthesis.
B.Sc. Chemistry (Industrial Option), 1st Class Honors, 1992, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (Aug. 2005 - present)
Senior Research Scientist
Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Jan. 2004 - Aug. 2005)
Research Scientist II
Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nov. 2001 - Jan. 2004)
Postdoctoral Associate and Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow
Dept. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. (July 1998 - Nov. 2001)
Teaching Assistant & Pre doctoral Fellow
Dept. of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. (Aug. 1993 -June 1998)
Graduate Assistant
University of Uyo (Nigeria), through The National Youth Service Corps. (Nov. 1992 - Aug. 1993)

Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellowship for Medical Research, 1998.
Sigma Xi Award for Outstanding Graduate Student with Potential for further Contribution to Science, Brown University, 1998.
Admitted as a Graduate Member of The Royal Society of Chemistry, 1998.
Richardson Fellowship for Outstanding Graduate Student, Brown University 1997.
Elected to Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, 1995.
Faculty Prize for the Best Final Year Student in the Faculty of Science, University of Ibadan (Nigeria), 1993.
The Lever Brothers (Nigeria) Prize for the Best Honors Degree Student in Chemistry, 1993.
The Nigerian Breweries Prize in Chemistry and Biochemistry for the Best Graduating Student in Biochemistry and Chemistry, 1993.