Adetola Adesida is an Associate Director of Otolaryngology Basic Science Research at University of Alberta. Before Joining as an Associate professor, he was a Marie-Curie Transfer-of-Knowledge Fellow at CellCoTec. He was a postdoctoral fellow student at Harvard University and Visiting Scholar at University Hospital Basel. Adesida received bachelors (Hons.) and Masters degree in Biological chemistry from the University of Essex. He holds a PhD in Pharmacy from the University of Manchester.

His research interests are focused on stem cells, tissue-specific cells (e.g. chondrocytes), 3D bio-printing, mechanobiology and bioreactors.