Bamidele Ogbe Solomon (7 July 1955, Idofin-Isanlu, Kogi State – 10 May 2023) was a Nigerian academic and professor of chemical engineering.
[2] Solomon started his academic career in 1980 as a temporary instructor at Kansas State University and served there until 1983, when he returned to Nigeria.
[1] He taught chemical engineering at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, from 1984 to 1994 and served as Deputy Dean, Faculty of Technology.
[1] In 1995, Solomon was awarded a Fellowship by the South African Government Research Council to conduct preliminary fermentation runs on genetically engineered yeasts at the University of Stellenbosch.
[1][5] He was a consultant with several private and public organisations including Mobil Producing Nigeria, NNPC, International Brewery Limited, Chevron, Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, and federal ministries of Solid Minerals, Environment, and Science and Technology.