i. Ag. Director, National Open University, Wase Community Study Centre, 2024
ii. Sabbatical Lectureship, Chemistry Department, ATBU, 2023 – 2024
iii. Assistant lecturer to Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, UNIJOS, 2007 – 2024
iv. Chemstry Teacher, G. S. S. Angwan Rogo, Jos, 2006 – 2007.
v. NYSC, Chemistry Deapartment, UNIJOS, 2005 – 2006

a. Articles in learned journals
1. Kagoro, M.L., Lawal, R.A. and Gongden, J.J. (2011). Biofuel from Dalium Guineense Seed,
Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology (JSET), 18(2), 10229-10235.

2. Kagoro, M. L., Gongden, J.J. and Lawal, R.A. (2011).’Water Quality Assessment: The Jos-
Jarawa Case’. Journal of Applied Sciences (JAS), 14(2): 9900-9908.

3. Lawal R. A. and Lohdip Y.N. (2011). Physicochemical and Microbial Analysis of Water from
Mimyak River, Kanke L.G.A. Plateau State. African Journal of Natural Sciences, 14: 5-7.

4. Lawal R. A., Lohdip Y.N. and Egila J.N. (2014). Water Quality Assessment of Kampani River,
Plateau State, Nigeria. Asian Review of Environmental and Earth Sciences, 1 (2): 30 – 34.

5. Lawal R. A., Lohdip Y.N. and Egila J.N. (2017). Evaluation of Pollution Status of Sediment
from Kampani-Zurak River, Plateau State, Nigeria. Ewemen Journal of Analytical &
Environmental Chemistry, 3 (2): 151-156.

6. Lawal R. A., Lohdip Y.N. and Egila J.N. (2017). Impact of Galena Mining Operations on the
Quality of Surface Water in Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria. Journal of Chemical Society of
Nigeria, 42(2): 101-105.

7. Lawal R. A., Lohdip Y.N. and Egila J.N. (2017). Sediment Quality Assessment of Bashar
Mining District in Plateau State, Nigeria. African Journal of Natural Sciences, 20: 79 – 88.
8. Gungshik, J. R., Lawal, R. A. and Bauda V. (2018). Effect of Waste Dump on the Quality of
Ground Water in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. Ewemen Journal of
Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, 4 (2): 187-191.

9. Gungshik, J. R., Lawal, R. A. and Augustine B. (2019). Comparative Methods for
Determination of Mineral Content in Human Breast Milk. Journal of Chemical Society,
44(3):337 – 341.

10. Gongden, J. J. Nnebedum, J., Lawal, R. A. and Goji, S. Y. (2019). Biosorption of Pb (II) Ions
from Aqueous Solution Using Tomato (Lycopersicum) Roots: Equilibium, Kinetic and
Thermodynamic Study. The Journal of Middle East and North Africa Sciences, 5 (12): 1 – 8.

11. Gongden, J. J., Sani, P., Lawal, R. A., Ranga, Y. G. Lohdip, Y. N. and Paul, S. (2019). Equilibium,
Kinetic and Thermodynamic Assessment of the Adsorption of Copper (Cu 2+ ) Ion Using Luffa
cylindrical Seed Shell Biomass. Nigerian Journal of Chemical Research, 24 (2): 26 – 41.

12. Lawal R. A., Lohdip Y.N. and Gongden J. J. (2020). Evaluation of Adsorption Performance of
Senna occidentalis Seeds on Pb 2+ and Cu 2+ Ions. Journal of Chemical Society of Nigeria, 45 (3):
410 – 419.

13. Lawal R. A., Lohdip Y.N., Gongden J. J. and Gungshik, J. R. (2021). Biosorption of Pb(II) and
Cu(II) ions from aqueous solution using coffee senna (Senna occidentalis) leaves as biomass.
Journal of Chemical Society of Nigeria, 46 (3): 574 – 582.

14. Goji, S., Solomon, P., Rotbe, G., Lawal, R. A., Ranga, Y. G., Gongden, J. J. Yoila, K. D. and
Simon, K. D. (2021). Nanofiltration performance of a functionalized UiO-66 Membrane.
Nigerian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 11 (1): 1-13.

15. Gongden, J. J., Linga, P., Paul, S. Lawal, R. A., Ranga, Y., Lohdip, Y. N. (2022). Syntheisi,
Characterization and Anti-Bacterial Activities of Zn 2+ , Cu 2+ and Fe 2+ Complexes of Asparagine.
International Journal of Innovative Science and Technology, vol.7 (11): 1453 – 1458.

16. Mohammed, I., Bisiriyu, M.T., Salau, R. B., Suleiman, A. O., Abdullahi, H., Ogbiko, C.,
Gungshik, J. R. and Lawal, R. A. (2023). Physicochemical and Bacteriological evaluation of
sachet water sold in Minna metropolis, Niger State, Nigeria. International Jornal of
Advanced Chemistry Research. 5 (2): 09 – 16.

17. Lawal, R.A., Gongden, J.J., Goji, S.Y., and Lohdip, Y.N. (2021). New Approach to Remediation
of Heavy Metal Pollutants from Wastewater and Sediment Using Senna occidentalis Plants
and Eggshell Materials. African Journal of Natural Sciences, 24.

18. Goji, S. Y. , Jimwan, M. J., Lawal, R. A. and Ago, M. A. (2024). Intergration of metal organic
framework (MoFs) into traditional coagulation – flocculation – sedimentation (CFS) processes
for enhanced water clarification in turbid environment. Journal of Chemical Society of
Nigeria, 49 (3): 415 – 430.

19. Goji, S. Y. , Mafuyai, G., Mudel, M. G., Nekwal, J. S., Lawal, R. A., Ranga, Y. G. and Gushit, J. S.
(2024). Exploration of inorganic synthesis and characterization of UiO-66-g+PEGMA
composite memebrane for optimized oil/water emulsion separation performance. Tropical
journal of Engineering, Science and Technology, 3 (1): 18 – 34.

(i) Synthesis of Complexes
(ii) Environmental Monitoring
(iii) Green Remediation
(iv) MOF and Application in Wastewater Treatment.

GOOGLE SCHOLAR: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=UeTKVz4AAAAJ

RESEARCH GATE: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rabiat-Lawal

TYPE OF GRANT: World Bank Award, Innovator’s of Tomorrow Grant (IOT), 2009
TITTLE: Physicochemical and Microbial Analysis of Water from Mimyak River, Kanke, L.G.A., Plateau State, Nigeria.
AWARDING INSTITUTION: University of Jos
AMOUNT: 1.2M
STATUS: Completed