TED Fellows » TED Fellows Network » Olatunbosun Obayomi
Professional Role
Current Titles:
inventor
Current Organizations:
Bio Applications Initiative
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Biography
Olatunbosun Obayomi is a microbiologist and inventor from Lagos, Nigeria. Obayomi's research spans hydrogen biogas reactors, ecological engines, and microbial fuel cells. He is the founder of Bio Applications Initiative in Lagos, which focuses on the production of energy from organic waste, using green biogas technology to solve pressing needs related to energy supply, food production, and sanitation in the developing world. Obayomi has produced simple biogas plants for converting paper, animal, and human waste into energy. He has also retrofitted a conventional septic tank into a biogas plant. A graduate of microbiology from Olabisi Onabanjo University in Nigeria, Obayomi is a member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). He was a TEDGlobal Fellow in 2010 and a BMWGuggenheim Lab Team Member for New York City 2011.His efforts have been celebrated in Nigeria as well; in 2008 he was honored with the Nigerian Youth Leadership Award, presented by LEAP Africa.
Vital Stats
- Fellows Class
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TEDIndia
TEDGlobal 2010
- Languages
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English
- Living in
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Working in
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Born in
- Lagos, Nigeria
Contact
- @Bio Applications
- Blog
- www.bioapplications.blogspot.com
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Recent Blog Posts
- POOR URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE OF HUMAN WASTES AND WATER:AN OPPORTUNITY TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE over 1 year ago
- NEWS PANORAMA- ON NIGERIAN TELEVISION AUTHOURITY over 1 year ago
- CONVENTIONAL SEPTIC TANK VERSUS THE RETROFFITED SEPTIC TANK over 1 year ago
- OPENING TALK AT BMW Guggenheim Lab over 1 year ago
- BMW Guggenheim Lab 3 over 1 year ago
- BMW Guggenheim Lab 2 over 1 year ago
- BMW Guggenheim Lab 1 over 1 year ago
- TED GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP 2010 almost 3 years ago