Oluwasesan Adegoke

Dr. Oluwasesan Adegoke is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Science and Engineering at the University of Dundee, UK. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from Rhodes University (2014) and has held postdoctoral fellowships in South Africa, Japan, and the UK. His expertise lies in developing advanced nanomaterials-based optical and electrochemical biosensors for environmental, biomedical, and forensic applications.

Education:

• PhD in Chemistry, Rhodes University (2014)
• MSc in Nanoscience, University of Nottingham (2008)
• BSc in Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (2006)

Research Interests:

• Synthesis of functional nanomaterials (e.g., quantum dots)
• Development of aptamer-based and nanozyme biosensors
• Applications in drug detection, environmental monitoring, and virus diagnostics

Awards & Funding:

• Royal Society Research Grant (2023–2025)
• EPSRC New Investigator Award (2023–2026)
• Medical Research Council Future Leaders Fellowship (2024–2028, Co-I)

Key Projects:

• Developing nanobiosensors for illicit drugs and explosives
• Heavy metal-free quantum dots for SARS-CoV-2 detection
• Surface-enhanced Raman scattering probes for disease diagnostics

Labs & Teams: Leads the research group on optical/electrochemical nanobiosensors within the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science.