Gbola Adesogan, PhD

Associate Vice President and Director, Global Food Systems Institute Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida

Dr. Adesogan is an Associate Vice President and Director, Global Food Systems Institute Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. He is also the E.T. and V.C. York Professor of International Agriculture.  He directed the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems, which managed over 60 projects that use animal-source foods to improve nutrition, health and incomes in nine African and Asian countries.  He earned his BS, MS and PhD degrees from Universities of Ibadan, Nigeria and Reading, UK. He has received over $70 million in grant funding, published over 160 journal papers and book chapters, given over 100 invited seminars, mentored over 50 graduate students and visiting professors and received several awards.