Honor Society® member
Mayowa Aderoju
Graduate Research Assistant. at Department of Plant Pathology North Dakota State University (NDSU), ND, United States. Where I worked on the following projects. Currently working on the effect of tillage type and crop rotation on nematodes and soil microbiome population in Sugar beet Fields. Currently working assisting with research focused on Sugar Beet Diseases (Rhizoctonia spp. Cercospora spp. Fusarium spp.
- North Dakota State University
- Plant Pathology
- Class of 2024
- Fargo, North Dakota
Member since December 2022
About
I identify as a high achiever and an ambitious individual. Academic excellence as always being my watchword which I live by every day, I make concerted effort towards achieving my set goals. I have always worked hard to stand out academically and also make positive social contributions. My life journey hasn't been an easy one but my passion and determination to be successful and make headways in my career goal have always kept me going. I am hoping to make my light so shine that it influences people around me and also impact my society.
Education
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North Dakota State University
Plant Pathology
2022 – 2024
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Federal University of Technology Akure
Crop, Soil and Pest Management
2015 – 2021
Honors and awards
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Certification: Freshwater and Community Conservation Program
This is a certificate I earned during my externship as an outstanding participant in the Freshwater and Community Conservation Program, which show cases individual interest in ocean life and sustainance.
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Dean’s List Honor for Excellent Academic Performance
This is academic excellence award bestowed on outstanding students in each department who achieved highest GPA in the semester which I achieved through my last 5 semeters in my undegraduate degree at the Federal University of Technology Akure.
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Paragon One Student Ambasssador
This award is bestowed to an alumnus of the Paragon One Externship Program who performed actively and brilliantly in his cohort
Goals and interests
- Career goal
I am an enthusiastic researcher interested in developing strategic management approaches towards curbing the damaging impact of plant diseases. I am passionate about the field of *Plant Pathology, Plant Health and Sustainable Agriculture*. And it has a big dream of mine to work with agricultural organization like *Bayer, Syngenta and Corteva*. Working in a professional research environment would provide me hands on experience to help polish my theoretical knowledge, enabling me to contribute a substantial quota to the agricultural and food industries. I hope to make a significant impact in curbing plant diseases which is a big threat to agriculture as a PLANT PATHOLOGIST.
- Graduate school interests
In my graduate school journey, I intend to achieve every academic accomplishment possible. Without limiting myself only to academics, I would love to complete myself all-rounder by getting involved in extracurricular activities that would help shape me as the successful individual I have always dreamed of while contributing the best of my efforts to community and societal development. I want my journey through the graduate school to project me as a person of high value to the society whose influence can be felt actively and positively.
- Outside the classroom
I love reading, listening to music, watching educative and historical documentaries, travelling and interacting with people from diverse racial or ethnical background.
Experience
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Graduate Research Assistant.
Department of Plant Pathology North Dakota State University (NDSU), ND, United States. Where I worked on the following projects. Currently working on the effect of tillage type and crop rotation on nematodes and soil microbiome population in Sugar beet Fields. Currently working assisting with research focused on Sugar Beet Diseases (Rhizoctonia spp. Cercospora spp. Fusarium spp.
Aug 2022 – Aug 2024
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Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan (U. I) Oyo State, Nigeria. Where I worked on the following projects. Application of Entomopathogenic Nematodes (Steinernema) as biological control agents against aphids in cowpea. Evaluation of resistance rate of four groundnut varieties to Meloidogyne incognita, M. enterolobii, M. arenaria and M. javanica. Bioassay and evaluation of nematicidal properties of mycotoxins on different life stages of Meloidogne incognita.
Nov 2021 – Aug 2022
Volunteering
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I participated in a Freshwater and Community Conservation Remote Externship where I was able to contribute to ocean life as an environmental conversationist and advocates out there who is passionate about restoring balance, life and glory to Ocean life. Out of my passion and empathy for aquatic inhabitants I created a story map I created while exploring the Esri ArcGIS to advocate and tell the unheard story of the PALLID STURGEONS. I also made a video narrative of this story map which is accessible through this link=> https://lnkd.in/gFsEvUbq https://arcg.is/1eSbaq0
Paragon One in collaboration with National Geographic Society (TNS) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Aug 2022 – Oct 2022
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I participated in the UTZ Cocoa Certification and Sustatinablilty Program where I facilitated trainings focused on educating farmers on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) in Cocoa Production, how to conduct quality analysis on cocoa beans to be processed and exported. I also trained farmers on agricultural business strategies for marketing their farm produce. A part of the facilitation program was also focused on sensitizing farmers and their community members about community development and child abuse.
UTZ Cocoa Certification and Sustainability Facilitator (Sunbeth Global Concepts LTD Ondo State, Nigeria)
Jul 2019 – Dec 2019
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
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