Professor Adeloju was appointed Deputy Dean of Science in February 2019. His previous leadership experiences at Monash University include Professor of Chemistry and Director of Research Development in Science and Engineering, Head of School of Applied Sciences and Engineering, and Campus Director of Research and Graduate Studies. He also served at the Western Sydney University as Head of Department of Chemistry and Director of a University Research Centre for over 15 years.

Professor Adeloju has national and international reputation in Chemistry and was awarded the prestigious 2009 Applied Research Medal by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI); 2011 R.H. Stokes Medal for distinguished contributions by the Electrochemistry Division of the RACI; 2013 Doreen Clark Medal for outstanding contributions to Analytical Chemistry by RACI; and the 2017 RACI Citation Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Chemistry Section of the Applied Sciences Journal (MDPI, Switzerland).

Professor Adeloju is a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and a Chartered Chemist.  He has been involved in establishing local, national and international partnerships and research collaboration. These include numerous external collaborative partnerships with industry, government (local, state and federal), other private organisations and universities in Australia and overseas, including China, Malaysia and India. Furthermore, he has been involved in the establishment of one of Monash’s not-for-profit company, Australian Sustainable Industry Research Centre (ASIRC) on the former Gippsland campus.

Furthermore, Professor Adeloju has been appointed as a visiting professor of chemistry in Sweden, UK, Australia (Tasmania), China, and Malaysia, as well as external advisor for chemistry at USP, Fiji. He was also a Senior Foreign Expert under the China Talent-1000 Program from 2012-2016 and a Guest Professor at Hefei University of Technology in China from 2010-2016.