Ezekiel Adebiyi
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Ezekiel Femi Adebiyi | |
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| Professor of Computer Science at Covenant University | |
| In office 2010–present | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 July 1970 |
| Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University University of Ilorin University of Tübingen |
Ezekiel Adebiyi is a Nigerian bioinformatics professor and research scientist. He was appointed president of Nigerian Society of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. He was also appointed vice-president of African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. In 2010, he was made a professor at Covenant University, becoming the first bioinformatics professor in West Africa.[1][2]
Adebiyi was born on 28 July 1970 in Ibadan, Nigeria, although he is a native of Boluwaduro area of Osun State. He had his secondary school at United Community Secondary School, Ilorin. Between 1987 and 1991, he studied Mathematics at University of Ilorin graduating as the best graduating student.[3] He also completed his master's degree from the same institution in 1995. His doctorate thesis was on Pattern Discovery in Biology and Strings Sorting: Theory and Experimentation, which he concluded in 2002 at University of Tübingen.[4]
