Dr Olowoyo David Niyi is from Ekiti State. He had his elementary education in Ekiti state and thereafter gained admission to Notre Dame Grammar School, Usi Ekiti in 1976 and passed out with good grades in WASC in 1981.

Dr. Olowoyo got his first degree in Pure and Applied Chemistry from Ondo State University as one of the pioneer students in 1986, and his Master’s Degree in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Port Harcourt in 1996. However, because of his personal interest in education, he enrolled for a Doctorate Degree in Environmental Chemistry at the Federal University of Technology, Akure which was completed in the year 2012.

He came on board the Petroleum Training Institute Effurun-Warri, Delta State in 1991 and eventually rose to the position of Director of Science in 2024. He was the former Chairman of the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (PTI ACTU) under the umbrella of the national body called Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in PTI between April 2016 – April 2024.

He became a pioneer Head of the Science Laboratory Technology Department in 2019, a position he held until his confirmation as the Director of Science in the Institute. He is a member of some professional bodies such as the Chemical Society of Nigeria, the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (ICCON), the American Chemical Society, the Nigerian Environmental Society, and the Special Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission.

Dr. Olowoyo David Niyi has won several awards at national and international levels including the Top Elegance Environmental and Safety Award in 2010 by Top Elegance Magazine based in Lagos with a branch in the United States of America, Pillars of National Building Award in 2011 by strategic Institute for Natural Resources and Human Development with headquarters in Abuja, Fellowship award by Institute of Policy Management Development (FIPMD) also in Abuja, African International Achievers’ award held in Ghana in 2015, Fellowship award by the Institute of Registered Administrative Managers of Nigeria (f.inst.AM) in 2021, Meritorious award by the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria, Delta chapter, 2024 etc.

To further prove his scholarly achievement, some technical research papers have been published in local and international Journals such as Concentration Dependent Effects of Green Inhibitor on Gravimetric Indices of Corrosion Linked Metal Integrity by Journal of Current World Environment, etc. He is a philanthropist and is kind. He is endowed with industrial skills and is happily married.