Honor Society® member
Oludotun Adelusi
- North Carolina A
- AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, CONCENTRATION: SUSTAINABLE ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH
- Class of 2026
- Greensboro, NC
Member since January 2024
About
Oludotun O. Adelusi is a ruminant nutritionist and Ph.D. candidate in Sustainable Animal Production and Health at North Carolina A&T State University. He holds degrees in Ruminant Animal Nutrition from FUNAAB, Nigeria. His work focuses on dairy nutrition, methane mitigation, and neonatal calf health, particularly using feed additives like probiotics, postbiotics, and essential oils.
Oludotun has authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications and presented at international conferences including the American Dairy Science Association and British Society of Animal Science. He has received multiple awards and fellowships, including the One Planet Fellowship and CoBank MANNRS Fellowship. He is a member of ASAS, ADSA, IGA, and NIAS, and has supervised both undergraduate and graduate research projects. Oludotun aims to advance climate-smart livestock systems through applied research and sustainable feeding strategies.
Education
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Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
animal science - ruminant nutrition
2011 – 2014
Honors and awards
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1. Laureate Candidate, One Planet Fellowship (2020) - https://awardfellowships.org/one_planet_community/adelusi-oludotun-olusegun-2/?id=8101
The fellowship is a US$19.2 million global initiative announced at the inaugural One Planet Summit (Paris, December 2017) to meet the objectives set by the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in addressing Sustainable Development Goals 12.
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2.CISC HBCU Honoree Fellowship (2023) - https://asi.ucdavis.edu/programs/infas/fellowship/HBCU#HBCU%20Fellows
This program, funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, aims to empower graduate students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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3. Southeast Dairy Business Innovation Initiative: Milk Quality and Biotechnology Scholarship (2024)
Certificate of Merit by the Southeast Dairy Business Innovation Initiative (SDBII) Project at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
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4. American Farm Bureau Federation’s Farm Bureau Fellowship Program (2025)
The American Farm Bureau Federation is the Voice of Agriculture, working together to build a sustainable future of safe and abundant food. The FUSION Conference is an in-person, live event that brings together 1,100 members.
Goals and interests
- Career goal
1. College Faculty
2. Research Scientist
Experience
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research assistant
Department of Animal Science North Carolina Agrivultural and Technical State University, Greensboro
Jan 2023 – Aug 2025
Volunteering
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New Hope Community Development Group, Greensboro
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC
Sep 2023 – Aug 2025
Languages
- English (US) Advanced
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