Dr. Olabayo Harry Ajetunmobi

Education

• D. 2023 Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas at San Antonio
• S. 2022 Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio
• Sc. 2015 Medical Microbiology, Babcock University, Nigeria
• Sc. 2012 Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

Professional Positions Held

• 2024-Present: Visiting Professor, Hampton University
• 2017-2023: Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Texas at San Antonio

Awards and Recognitions

• UTSA College of Science Research Conference Excellence Award
• UTSA Biology Department Outstanding Teaching Assistantship Award

Curricula Development and Teaching Assignments

Current – Hampton University
BIO 103- General Biology
BIO 304- General Microbiology
BIO 513- Immunology

Prior:
University of Texas at San Antonio
BIO 1203- Biosciences I
BIO 1223- Biosciences II

Research Interests

• Antifungal Drug Development
• High-throughput Screening
• Infectious Diseases
• Microbial Biofilms
• Medical Mycology

Selected Publications

1. Ajetunmobi, O. H., Wall, G., Vidal Bonifacio, B., Martinez Delgado, L. A., Chaturvedi, A. K., Najvar, L. K., Wormley, F. L., Jr, Patterson, H. P., Wiederhold, N. P., Patterson, T. F., & Lopez-Ribot, J. L. (2023). High-Throughput Screening of the Repurposing Hub Library to Identify Drugs with Novel Inhibitory Activity against Candida albicansand Candida auris Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 9(9), 879. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9090879
2. Ajetunmobi, O. H., Wall, G., Bonifacio, B. V., Montelongo-Jauregui, D., & Lopez-Ribot, J. L. (2023). A 384-Well Microtiter Plate Model for Candida Biofilm Formation and Its Application to High-Throughput Screening. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2658, 53–64. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3155-3_5
3. Ajetunmobi, O. H., Chaturvedi, A. K., Badali, H., Vaccaro, A., Najvar, L., Wormley, F. L., Jr, Wiederhold, N. P., Patterson, T. F., & Lopez-Ribot, J. L. (2023). Screening the medicine for malaria venture’s Pandemic Response Box to identify novel inhibitors of Candida albicans and Candida auris biofilm formation. APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica, 131(11), 613–625. https://doi.org/10.1111/apm.13342
4. Odumosu, B. T., Ajetunmobi, O., Dada-Adegbola, H., & Odutayo, I. (2016). Antibiotic susceptibility pattern and analysis of plasmid profiles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from human, animal, and plant sources. SpringerPlus, 5(1), 1381. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-3073-9

Professional Affiliations

American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Microbiology Society