Dr. Daniel Olaitan is a post doctorate associate here at UWF that has an PH.D. in Chemistry from Baylor University. Dr. Olaitan teaches General Chemistry in a lecture style format. He has also taught General Chemistry Laboratory. Dr. Olaitan research is mainly targeted at the use of transition metal oxide nanoparticles as absorbents and surfaces for surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry analysis of asphaltenes. Ph.D. Chemistry, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 2015 B.S. Biochemistry, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Nigeria, 2008

His research is mainly targeted at the use of transition metal oxide nanoparticles as absorbents and surfaces for surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry analysis of asphaltenes.

Abayomi D. Olaitan; Karl A. Reyes; Lauren F. Barnes; Heather S. C. Hamilton; Joseph R. Yount; Savanna Ward; Kale E. King; Christopher J. Van Leeuwen; Matisha P. Kirkconnell; Karen S. Molek. Mass Spectrometry and Spectrophotometry of Asphaltenes Adsorbed on Transition Metal Oxide Nanoparticles. 2016, Submitted to Energy and Fuels. Weigang Lu; Abayomi D. Olaitan; Matthew R. Brantley; Behrooz Zekavat; Deniz A. Erdogan; Emrah Ozensoy; Touradj Solouki. Photocatalytic Conversion of Nitric Oxide on Titanium Dioxide: Cryotrapping of Reaction Products for Online Monitoring by Mass Spectrometry. J. Phys. Chem. C. 2016, 120, 8056–8067. Abayomi D. Olaitan; Behrooz Zekavat; Touradj Solouki. Evidence for Electron-Based Ion Generation in Radio-Frequency Ionization. J. Mass Spectrom. 2016, 51, 12-19. Mahsan Miladi; Abayomi D. Olaitan; Behrooz Zekavat; Touradj Solouki. Competing Non-covalent Host-guest Interactions and H/D Exchange: ND3 Reactions with Benzyloxycarbonyl-Proline Glycine Dipeptide Variants. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2015, 11, 1938-1949.