Jaiyeola, Temitope Gbolahan, a Professor of Mathematics (since 2017) of the Department of Mathematics, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has been appointed as the Occupier of the Pastor Enoch Adeboye Professorial Chair at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Lagos (UNILAG). He is the 3rd Occupier of the Professorial Chair of Mathematics (2024-2026).
The Pastor Enoch Adeboye Professorial Chair was established in 2009 by the RCCG General Overseer as part of his Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives to the University, having being the first person to bag a Ph.D in Mathematics at the University.
An occupier of the chair is expected to teach and supervise existing or newly designed courses at both undergraduate and postgraduates’ levels in Mathematics and carry out research in any specialized area of Mathematics for the University. The occupant is also expected to present an Annual Lecture (each year) as well as deliver a terminal public Lectures on his/her accomplishments at the end of the tenure.
Prof. Jaiyeola T.G. is the Head of Nigerian Branch of Neutrosophic Science International Association (NSIA), University of New Mexico, United States of America and the Director for Human Resources, Platinum Minds Global Company (PMGC). He specializes in the areas of Algebra called “Groups and their Generalization” and “Non-Associative Algebraic Systems”. His particular field of expertise is in the “Theory of Groupoids, Quasigroups and Loops”. He also works on “Neutrosophic Algebraic Structures” and “Non-Associative Hyper-Algebraic Structures” and “Soft Quasigroup”. He is enthusiastic to apply these areas of studies to Cryptography, Coding Theory, Sociology, Sports and Biological Inheritance.