Olubanke Olujoke Ogunlana, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, College of Science and Technology, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state, Nigeria. She obtained her Bachelor degree in Biochemistry at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, her Master degree in pharmaceutical analysis at University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo state, and her Ph.D in Biochemistry at Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state. Her research interests and focus are in areas relating to pharmacology, biochemical toxicology and biotechnology. Her Ph.D work was supervised by Prof. J. A. O. Olagunju, which involved characterisation of bio-active principles and biological evaluations of a Nigerian natural product, Caesapinia bonduc. She is a recipient of the prestigious 2009 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) award. She was also awarded WHO/TDR, ISCB, Society of Toxicology (SOT) Graduate travel and AstraZeneca/IUTOX/SOT Travel Fellowship awards to present papers at the Fifth MIM Pan-African Malaria Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, 2009, the Joint ISCB Africa ASBCB Conference, Bamako, Mali in 2009, SOT annual general meeting in San Francisco, California, 2012 and SOT annual general meeting in San Antonio, Texas, USA in 2013 respectively. She is a member of different professional bodies including Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nigeria, American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USA, Society of Toxicology and International Society of Computational Biology (ISCB). She has peer reviewed publications in both local and international journals. She is married to Mr. Oluseyi E. Ogunlana with three children.