Margaret Adebisi Sowunmi (née Jadesimi) (24 ga Satumba, 1939 -) ƙwararriyar masaniyar tsirrai da tsirrai ne a Nijeriya. Ta kasance farfesa a ilimin kimiyyar halittu da muhalli a Jami'ar Ibadan . Ta gabatar da nazarin ilimin kimiyyar ƙasa da kuma palaeoethnobotany a Najeriya kuma ita ce ta kafa da kuma shugaban ƙungiyar Palynological Association of Nigeria. An haifi Sowunmi ne a garin Kano, Arewacin Najeriya a ranar 24 ga Satumbar, 1939. Mahaifinta fasto ne a Cocin Najeriya . Ta yi karatun BSc a fannin Botany na Musamman a Sashen Botany, a Kwalejin Jami'a da ke Ibadan, ta kammala a 1962. Ta sami digiri na digiri na biyu a 1963 don gudanar da bincike na Phd a cikin ilimin zamani . Don gudanar da bincike a cikin ilimin zamani, Sowunmi ya tafi Sweden don yin karatu tare da Gunnar Erdtman, wanda ke kula da digirgir. Ta yi karatun digirinta na uku a jami’ar Ibadan a shekarar 1967. A shekarar 1967 aka naɗa Sowunmi a matsayin jami'in bincike na digiri na farko a sashen Archeology Unit a Cibiyar Nazarin Afirka, Jami'ar Ibadan . A cikin 1971 ta kafa Laboratory Palynology na Jami’ar Nijeriya.