Assistant Professor

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Contact​​​​

• OFFICE: Biulding 4 - Room : 121
• PHONE: (966)-13-860 7103
• FAX: (966)-13-860-4277
• E-MAIL: saoladepo@kfupm.edu.sa

Links

• ​Personal Website​

Education​​

• Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, University of Alberta                
  
• M.Sc. Analytical Chemistry, University of Alberta
  
• B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry, University of Ibadan
  

Research​​

• Development of molecular probes and nucleic acids-based drugs for diabetes and cancer
• Development of spectroscopic instrumentation for applications in biomedical, pharmaceutical and oil & gas industries
• New (bio)analytical method development and multiplexing methodologies

Representative Publications/Patents ​

• Oladepo, S. A.; Wang, H; Barona, D. and Vehring, R. Low-frequency shift Raman spectroscopy of pharmaceutical respirable powders. Eur. Pharm. Rev.  (Invited Contribution)  2015, 20, 9-15.
• Michaelian, K. H.; Oladepo, S. A.; Shaw, J. M.; Liu, X.; Begue, D; Baraille, I. Raman and photoacoustic infrared spectra of fluorene derivatives: Experiment and calculations Vib. Spectrosc. 2014, 74, 33-46.

• Rudolf Alwi, Sergey Telenkov, Andreas Mandelis, Timothy Leshuk, Frank Gu, Sulayman Oladepo, and Kirk Michaelian. Silica-Coated Super Paramagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticle (SPION) as Biocompatible Contrast Agent in Biomedical Photoacoustics Biomed. Optics Express 2012, 3, 2500-2509.

• Billinghurst, B.E.; Oladepo S. A.; Loppnow, G. R. Initial Excited-State Structural Dynamics of Thymine Derivatives. J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 10496-10503.
• Oladepo S. A.; Xiong, K.; Hong, Z.; Asher, S. A.; Handen, J.; Lednev, I. K. UV Resonance Raman Investigations of Peptide and Protein Structure and Dynamics. Chem. Rev. 2012, 112, 2604-2628.

• Oladepo, S. A.; Loppnow, G. R. Initial Excited-State Structural Dynamics of 9-Methyladenine from UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy J. Phys. Chem. B 2011, 6149-6156.

• Oladepo S. A.; Xiong, K.; Hong, Z.; Asher, S. A. Elucidating Peptide and Protein Structure and Dynamics: UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 334-344.

• Oladepo, S. A.; Loppnow, G. R. Self-Quenching Smart Probes as a Platform for the Detection of Sequence-Specific UV-Induced DNA Photodamage. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2010, 397, 2949-2957.

• ​Oladepo, S. A.; Loppnow, G. R. The Effects of Tryptophan on UV-Induced DNA Photodamage. Photochem. Photobiol. 2010, 86, 844-851.