South Eastern Representative

Sam Adeloju

Professor Sam Adeloju is the South Eastern Representative on the board from 2011-2013. He has had a long and extended active involvement with RACI for over three decades. He was a co-Founder and Inaugural Chair of the Western Sydney Section of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) in 1989 and was the Chairman of the Electrochemistry Division of RACI (EDRACI) from 1992-1996 during which he was also a member of the old RACI Council. He was secretary for EDRACI from 1990-92 and served as a member of the editorial board of Chemistry in Australia from 1997-1999. He has been the current Chair of Chemistry in Australia Management Committee since 2010.

Prior to taking up the position of Head of School and a Chair in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry at Monash in 2002, Professor Adeloju was Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Science, as well as the Head of the Penrith Campus of the School of Science, Food and Horticulture within the College of Science, Technology and Environment at the University of Western Sydney (UWS). His term as Head of School at Monash ended in February 2010 and he is currently a Professorial Chair in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, as well as the Director of Research Development in Science and Engineering.

Professor Adeloju has an international reputation in the areas of biosensing technology, nanotechnology, electroanalytical and environmental chemistry. He was the recipient of the 1997 Royal Australia Chemical Institute's Citation for outstanding contributions to the profession and the Institute; the 2009 Applied Research Medal of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute for outstanding contribution to the development of applied chemistry in Australia within 1999 and 2009, particularly in the areas of applied electrochemistry, biosensing technology and nanotechnology; and the 2011 R.H. Stokes Medal of the Electrochemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute for distinguished contributions to research in electrochemistry in Australia.

Professor Adeloju is on the editorial boards of a number of journals, and a member of several committees and boards, including the Science Panel for Victoria Coastal Council, and the Scientific Advisory Board for Defence Intelligence Organisation (Canberra). He is also the external adviser for chemistry at the University of South Pacific in Fiji and a Guest Professor at Hefei University of Technology, China.