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SOBOYEJO, Prof Winston Oluwole

· b. 1964

He is a materials scientist whose research focuses on biomaterials and the use of nanoparticles for the detection and treatment of disease, the mechanical properties of materials, and the use of materials science to promote global development.

Biographical record

Gender
Male
Date of Birth
1964
Place of Birth
Palo Alto, California, USA
Father's Name
Professor Alfred Sobojeyo
Mother's Name
Mrs. Anthonia Soboyejo
Schools Attended with Dates
Kings College, London, 1985; Churchill College Cambridge, 1988
Present Appointment
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University; Bernard M. Gordon Dean of Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Previous Appointments
- Research Scientist, The McDonnell Douglas Research Labs, St. Louis, MO., 1992;

- Principal Research Engineer, Edison Welding Institute;

- Engineering Faculty, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH;

- Visiting Professor, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997-1998;

- Professor, Princeton Institute of Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM);

- Director, U.S./Africa Materials Institute (USAMI);

- Director, Materials Undergraduate Research Program in PRISM;

- President and Provost, African University of Science and Technology (AUST), Abuja, 2012-2014;

- Chair, African Scientific Committee, Nelson Mandela Institutions (NMI);

- Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the Secretary General of the United Nations, 2014-2016;



Have you ever been a member of any political party?
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Other Relevant Information
PHONE:
508-831-4694;

EMAIL:
[email protected]

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