Dr. Temiloluwa Adejumo

Adejumo Temiloluwa completed his bachelor’s degree in Industrial Chemistry at Osun State University, Nigeria, and subsequently earned his master’s degree at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, where his research interest in the experimental synthesis of metal complexes first began. He was later awarded a joint PhD scholarship funded by the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Republic of Serbia under the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) and the "World in Serbia" scholarship program. During his doctoral studies, his research focused on sustainable routes utilizing more affordable 3d-block metals for complex synthesis, coupling these experimental methods with computational studies to correlate electronic structures with homogeneous catalytic activity. In 2024, he joined the ALGC group as a postdoctoral fellow under the EUTOPIA-SIF MSCA COFUND fellowship. His current postdoctoral research centers on sustainability, specifically combining experimental and computational approaches to study novel Ru(II) and Re(I) complexes as catalysts in dehydrogenation reactions—a sustainable pathway for hydrogen generation from liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs). This collaborative research is carried out across three institutions: the ALGC group serves as his main host, where he conducts Density Functional Theory (DFT) computational studies under the supervision of Prof. Freija De Vleeschouwer; he has visited the Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, for the synthesis of the novel complexes; and he has investigated their catalytic applications in various dehydrogenation reactions at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Through this comprehensive approach, his research aims to significantly advance the field of sustainable chemistry.

Selected Publications

T. T. Adejumo, M. Danopoulou, L. P. Zorba, A. Pevec, M. Zlatar, D. Radanović, M. Savić, M. Gruden, K. K. Anđelković, I. Turel, B. Čobeljić, G. C. Vougioukalakis, Correlating Structure and Catalytic Activity of Zn(II) Hydrazone Complexes, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2023, 26, e202300193. doi:10.1002/ejic.202300193

T. T. Adejumo, N. V. Tzouras, L. P. Zorba, D. Radanović, A. Pevec, S. Grubišić, D. Mitić, K. K. Anđelković, G. C. Vougioukalakis, B. Čobeljić, I. Turel, Synthesis, Characterization, Catalytic Activity, and DFT Calculations of Zn(II) Hydrazone Complexes, Molecules,2020, 25, 4043. doi: 10.3390/molecules25184043