2015.09 ~ 2019.08 Ph.D., School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea
2013.09 ~ 2015.08 M.S., School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea
2006.11 ~ 2010.07 B.S., Dept. of Microbiology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Language Fluency
English: Fluent
Yoruba: Native
Career
2019.09 – present Global Desalination Research Center, Gwangju, South Korea. Postdoctoral fellow
2015.07 – 2015.07 Summer Program, Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Singapore
2012.11 – 2013.08 Zenith Bank Plc. Offa branch, 20, Olofa way, Total Area, Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria. Front-line Officer (Operations)
2009.07 – 2009.09 National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Area 11, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria. For industrial settings practice.
Research Interest
Membrane biofouling control
Biological cleaning in membrane-based water treatment system
Understanding membrane fouling through biofouling ecological study
Understanding biofouling mechanisms on surfaces
Membrane fabrication (Polymeric and inorganic membranes)
Project
2015.09 ~ Present Development of Pressure Assisted Forward Osmosis (PAFO) and Reverse Osmosis (RO) Hybrid Desalination Technology (Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs of Korean government)
International Papers
Abayomi Babatunde Alayande, Hee-Deung Park, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, and In S. Kim, “Implications of Chemical Reduction Using Hydriodic Acid on the Antimicrobial Properties of Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide Membranes”, Small, (2019):1901023.
Abayomi Babatunde Alayande, Soryong Chae and In S. Kim, “Surface morphology-dependent spontaneous bacterial behaviors on graphene oxide membranes”, Separation and Purification technology, 226 (2019): 68-74
Abayomi Babatunde Alayande, M. Obaid1, Hye-Weon Yu, and In S. Kim. “High-flux Ultrafiltration Membrane with Open Porous Hydrophilic Structure Using Dual Pore Formers” Chemosphere 227 (2019): 662-669.
Alayande, Abayomi Babatunde, Mar Mar Aung, and In S. Kim. "Correlation between Quorum Sensing Signal Molecules and Pseudomonas aeruginosa’s Biofilm Development and Virulency." Current microbiology (2018): 1-7.
Jung, Yongmoon, Abayomi Babatunde Alayande, Soryong Chae, and In S. Kim. "Applications of nisin for biofouling mitigation of reverse osmosis membranes." Desalination 429 (2018): 52-59.
Yang, Euntae, Abayomi Babatunde Alayande, Chang-Min Kim, Jun-ho Song, and In S. Kim. "Laminar reduced graphene oxide membrane modified with silver nanoparticle-polydopamine for water/ion separation and biofouling resistance enhancement." Desalination 426 (2018): 21-31.
Yang, Euntae, Kyu-Jung Chae, Abayomi Babatunde Alayande, Kyoung-Yeol Kim, and In S. Kim. "Concurrent performance improvement and biofouling mitigation in osmotic microbial fuel cells using a silver nanoparticle-polydopamine coated forward osmosis membrane." Journal of Membrane Science 513 (2016): 217-225.
Abayomi Babatunde Alayande, Lan Hee Kim, and In S. Kim. “Cleaning efficacy of hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin for the biofouling reduction on the reverse osmosis membranes.” Biofouling 32(4) (2016): 359-370.
International Proceedings
Abayomi Babatunde Alayande and In S. Kim. “Synergistic effect of contact and released-based antimicrobial agents for potential biofouling control in membrane-based water treatment systems.” The 12th International Desalination Workshop, August 28-30, Jeju, South Korea (2019)
Chang-Min Kim, Abayomi Babatunde Alayande and In S. Kim “Effect of cohesive interaction among water molecules on transport in stacked-GO membrane.” The 12th International Desalination Workshop, August 28-30, Jeju, South Korea (2019)
Abayomi Babatunde Alayande, Euntae yang, Chang-Min Kim, Hye-Weon Yu and In S. Kim. “Effect of light exposure on ROS production and antimicrobial property of graphene-based membranes.” The 10th International Desalination Workshop, November 13-15, Busan, South Korea (2017).
M. Obaid, Olfat A. Fadali, Euntae Yang, Abayomi Babatunde Alayande and In S. Kim, “Synthesis and characterization of TFC-FO supported by SiO2 NPs incorporated PVDF electrospun nanofiber.” The 10th International Desalination Workshop, November
Abayomi Alayande, and In S. Kim. “The role of algal organic matter (AOM) in initial bacterial adhesion on desalination membranes.” The 9th International Desalination Workshop, November 13-15, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2016).
Abayomi Babatunde Alayande, Jung-Geon Park, In S. Kim “Mixed biosurfactant treatment for biofilm prevention and cleaning on reverse osmosis membrane”, The 8th International Desalination Workshop, 18-21 November, Jeju, Korea (2015)
Abayomi Alayande, Lan Hee Kim, Yong-Moon Jung, In S. Kim. “Hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin: A new biological control agent for membrane-based water treatment.” IWA international conference on water reclamation and reuse, July 5-9, Harbin, China (2015)
Abayomi Alayande, Lan Hee Kim, Yongmoon Jung, In S. Kim “Effect of hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (HPβCD) on biofilm detachment from reverse osmosis (RO) membrane” 2014 ISME, August. 24-29, Seoul, Korea (2014)
Lan Hee Kim, Yongmoon Jung, Abayomi Alayande, In S. Kim, “A new perspective on rhamnolipids functions as a quorum sensing inhibitor” 2014 ISME, August. 24-29, Seoul, Korea (2014)
Domestic Proceedings
Abayomi Babatunde Alayande, Mar Mar Aung, In S. Kim. “Correlation between quorum sensing signal molecules and biofilm formation.” 2017 KSWW & KSWE Conference, March 22-24, Gwangju, South Korea
MarMar Aung, Abayomi Babatunde Alayande, In S. Kim. “Biofilm control by trapping quorum sensing signal molecules with hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin in gram-negative bacteria.” 2017 KSWW & KSWE Conference, March 22-24, Gwangju, South Korea.
Abayomi Babatunde Alayande, Jung-Geon Park, In S. Kim “Synergistic effect of hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin and rhamnolipid against Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 biofilm formation on RO membrane”, 2015 Korean Society of Environmental Engineers Conference, October 28-30, Busan, Korea (2015)
Yong-Moon Jung, Lan Hee Kim, Abayomi Babatunde Alayande, In S. Kim. “Biofouling control on reverse osmosis membrane and observation of characteristic change using a biosurfactant nisin.” 2014 Korea Society of Environmental Engineers Conference, August 20-22, Gwangju, Republic of Korea (2014).
