Akinlolu Akande is a computational materials scientist and lecturer at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) in Sligo, Ireland, and serves as a principal investigator in the Mathematical Modelling and Intelligent Systems for Health and Environment (MISHE) and Modelling and computation for Health And Society (MOCHAS) research groups. He holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Physics from the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria, and an MSc degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Following a Postgraduate Diploma in Condensed Matter Physics at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy, he completed his PhD in Physics at the University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland, and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the same institution. Afterward, Akinlolu served as an assistant lecturer at the Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland, before joining the Institute of Technology Sligo, now known as ATU Sligo, in 2015. His research interests include modelling promising materials for photovoltaics, photocatalytic, and thermoelectric applications using state-of-the-art computational tools and advanced techniques based on electronic structure theory. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), a recognition of his expertise in teaching and learning in higher education.