Professor Ogunmola obtained a bachelor's and doctorate in chemistry from the University of Ibadan in 1965 and 1968 respectively.[3]
In July 1968, he joined the department of Chemistry, University of Ibadan, as a postdoctoral research fellow, and in 1969, he left the UI to join the University of Pennsylvania as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Johnson Research Foundation, Department of Biophysics and Medical Physics.[4]
In 1970, he returned to the University of Ibadan as an academic staff member in the department of chemistry, where he became a full professor in 1980 and in 1983, he was appointed Dean, Faculty of Science, Olabisi Onabanjo University, the then Ogun State University.[5]
In 1981, he was elected as a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science, and in January 2003, he was elected president of the Nigerian Academy of Science to succeed Professor Alexander Animalu.[6]
In 2005, he retired from the University of Ibadan, and in 2004, prior to his retirement, he was appointed as a member of the Honorary Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology to the President of Nigeria.[7]
