Olanike Adeyemo is a COMSTECH distinguished scholar. In July 2023, she was appointed Secretary to the Oyo State Government, in Nigeria.

She served as the Pioneer Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships), at the University of Ibadan (2017–2021).  She also heads the Oyo State COVID-19 Decontamination and Containment team of the Oyo State COVID-19 Taskforce and is the Chairperson of the Digital Literacy Implementation Committee (DLIC) for Southwest, Nigeria (2021–date).

Among other preferments, Adeyemo is an expert on the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (2011–2026) and a council member of International Professional Recognition Committee (IPRC) for Research Management, South Africa.

As a researcher, she pioneered scholarship in “One Health” in Nigeria, an innovative and transdisciplinary research approach that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms to create novel, conceptual, methodological, and translational innovation at the environment-livestock-wildlife-human interface with significant policy implication for Nigeria, the African Continent and the rest of the world.

Her current project titled “Improving Biosecurity: A Science-based Approach to Manage Fish Disease Risks and Increase the Socioeconomic Contribution of the Nigerian Catfish and Tilapia Industries” is being conducted in collaboration with colleagues at Mississippi State University in the United States of America and Worldfish in Malaysia. She also has a patent and 135 publications.  Olanike Adeyemo is renowned internationally; she is an elected Fellow of Academies of Science(s), including Nigerian Academy of Science, African Academy of Sciences, The World Academy of Sciences and International Science Council.

She has been a member of the Steering Committee of the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) since October 2021.

She is a national of Nigeria.