Department

Environmental and Occupational Health

Education

• Ph.D-Pharmaceutical Microbiology  University of Ibadan, Nigeria  
• M.Sc- Pharmaceutical Microbiology  University of Ibadan, Nigeria  
• B.Tech - Food and Industrial Microbiology  Federal University of Technology Akure. Nigeria  

Background

Assistant Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, 2023-present

Assistant Professor, Simmons University, Boston, MA, USA, 2021- 2023 

Postdoctoral Fellow/Adjunct Assistant Professor, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY, USA, 2019-2021 

Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2015-2020 

Lecturer I, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2011-2015 

Selected Publications

Articles

Google Scholar

Ayeni F.A., Adeniyi B.A., Ogunbanwo S.T., Tabasco R, Paarup T, Peláez C. and Requena T. (2009): Inhibition of uropathogens by lactic acid bacteria isolated from dairy foods and cow's intestine in western Nigeria. Archives of Microbiology 191(8): 639-648.

Ayeni F.A., Sánchez B. Adeniyi B.A., de los Reyes-Gavilán C.G, Margolles A. Ruas-Madiedo P. (2011): Evaluation of the functional potential of Weissella and Lactobacillus isolates obtained from Nigerian traditional fermented foods and cow's intestine. International Journal of Food Microbiology 147(2): 97-104.

Adetoye A. Pinloche E, Adeniyi B.A, Ayeni F.A.., (2018). Characterization and Anti-Salmonella Activities of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Cattle Gut. BMC Microbiology 147(2). 18. 96.

Ayeni F.A., Biagi E. Rampelli S. Fiori J. Soverini M. Audu H.J. Cristino S,. Caporali L. Schnorr S.L. Carelli V. Brigidi P. Candela M. Turroni S. (2018) Infant and adult gut microbiome and metabolome in rural Bassa and urban settlers from Nigeria. Cell Reports. 23, 3056-3067.

Afolayan A.O., Ayeni F.A., Moissl-Eichinger C., Gorkiewicz G., Halwachs B., Hügenauer C. (2019). Impact of a Nomadic Pastoral Lifestyle on the Gut Microbiome in the Fulani Living in Nigeria. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10:2138.

Sunmola A.A. Ogbole O.O. Faleye T.O.C. Adetoye A. Adeniji J.A. Ayeni F.A., (2019). Antiviral potentials of Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus amylovorus and Enterococcus hirae against selected Enterovirus. Folia Microbiologica. 64(2): 257–264.

Ayeni F.A., Falgenhauer J, Schmiedel J, Schwengers O, Chakraborty T, Falgenhauer L. (2020). Detection of blaCTX-M-27-encoding Escherichia coli ST206 in Nigerian poultry stocks Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. /jac/dkaa293.

Omeiza F.O., Ademowo G.O.,Ayeni F.A., (2020). Evaluation of in vivo anti-malarial potential of omidun obtained from fermented maize in Ibadan, Nigeria. Malaria Journal. 19:414

Afolayan A. O., Biagi E., Rampelli S., Candela M., Brigidi P., Turroni S., Ayeni F.A., (2021). The Gut Microbiota of an Individual Varies with Intercontinental Four-Month Stay Between Italy and Nigeria: A Pilot Study.  Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 1171.

Odogwu N.M, Chen J, Onebunne C.A, Jeraldo P, Yang L, Johnson S, Ayeni F.A., Walther-Antonio M.R.S, Olayemi O.O, Chia N, Omigbodun A.O. (2021). Predominance of Atopobium vaginae at Midtrimester: a Potential Indicator of Preterm Birth Risk in a Nigerian Cohort. mSphere. 6(1):e01261-20.

Oyedemi 0.T, Shaw S, Martin J.C, Ayeni F.A., Scott K. P. (2022). Changes in the gut microbiota of Nigerian infants within the first year of life. PLoSONE 17(3),: e0265123.

Fadeyi T.E., Oyedemi O.T., Awe O.O., Ayeni F.A. (2023). Antibiotic use in infants within the first year of life is associated with the appearance of antibiotic-resistant genes in their feces. PeerJ. 11:e15015