Ebenezer Iyiola

Ebenezer Adeyemi Iyiola is an assistant lecturer at the Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Nigeria and a doctoral candidate at the School of Forestry of the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. He is currently a research assistant at the School of Forestry and teaching assistant at the School of Product Design of the University of Canterbury.

His major field of study is wood science and product technology with research interest in breeding durable eucalyptus properties, acoustic/stiffness assessment in standing trees, Using NIR spectroscopy to predict wood properties, characterization of wood properties and utilization and thermal treatment of lesser-used wood species.

Iyiola received his MSc at the Department of Forestry and Wood Technology of the Federal University of Technology Akure Ondo State Nigeria, where he was awarded staff Development grant to complete his Masters degree. He won the New Zealand School of Forestry quiz- (1^st position) in 2019 and was awarded New Zealand School of Forestry and University of Canterbury Doctoral scholarships in 2018.

He has attended and presented papers at both local and international conferences and has over 15 publications in both journal and conference proceedings.