Meet Dr. Adesalu, botanist, who is pioneering new forms of renewable energy

"The major organism needed is microalgae, which are readily available and accessible in our waters."

Dr. Adesalu

Dr. Adesalu Taofikat Abosede, a lecturer in the Department of Botany, University of Lagos, is an unassuming scientist. The widely published phycologist has been working on plants under water for a while, discovering new organisms and branding them with Nigerian names.

I contacted her recently and she told me about her use of direct saponificat…