Dr. Olanrewaju Emmanuel Fayemi holds a B.Sc. in Microbiology from the University of Ibadan, an M.Sc. in Food Microbiology from FUTA, and a Ph.D. from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He is the Acting Director of the Centre for Research, Innovation and Collaboration (CRIC) at Mountain Top University, Nigeria. His research focuses on foodborne disease epidemiology, food safety, quality assurance, and food processing. He served on Nigeria’s expert panel for drafting and validating the National Integrated Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Surveillance and Response, and is a WHO expert in the 2025 consultation on source attribution for estimating the global burden of foodborne diseases. He received the ERAFRICA postdoctoral fellowship funded by IRD (France), DST, and DTI (South Africa). He is Country PI for the Gates Foundation/FCDO-funded FOCAL project (2018–2024). Dr. Fayemi belongs to IAFP, SfAM, SACNASP, and AAFP. He has published widely, presented across Africa, Europe, and the U.S., supervises research at all levels, and reviews for international journals. He is married with children.