Ola A. Olapade (PhD) is the A. Merton Chickering Endowed Professor of Biology at Albion College, Michigan, USA. Prior to joining Albion College in 2006, he received a PhD in Molecular Microbial and Aquatic Ecology from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio in 2004 and shortly thereafter was a Postdoctoral Scientist at both the Great Lakes WATER Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa between 2004-and 2006. He has also since 2015 been affiliated with Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) as a Faculty Facilitator and an Instructor of records for the Sea-Phage/Viris Hunter program. Since becoming a faculty at Albion College, he has served as visiting Research Professor at various institutions, including at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, School of Science and Engineering, Morocco; the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Australia and at the Cumming School of Medicine’s Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Canada. He was also recently awarded a visiting Carnegie Research (CADFP) Fellowship to the University of Fort Hare, Alice Campus, South Africa by the Carnegie Corporation, NY and the Institute of International Education (IIE).