Science and engineering ,
computer scientist and Cadence Design Systems Professor of the
Stanford School of Engineering, professor of
electrical engineering and computer science at
Stanford University •
Kunle Olukotun, computer engineer and professor of
electrical engineering and
computer science at
Stanford University and director of the Pervasive Parallelism Laboratory •
Ilesanmi Adesida, physicist and material scientist •
Victoria Chibuogu Nneji,
computer scientist and
roboticist •
Jimmy Adegoke, climatologist •
Omowunmi Sadik, chemist •
Wendy Okolo, aerospace research engineer at
NASA Ames Research Center •
Akintunde Akinwande, professor of electrical engineering at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology •
Samson Jenekhe, chemical engineer and professor of chemistry at
University of Washington •
Oluwatoyin Asojo, biochemist •
Winston Wole Soboyejo, professor of
mechanical engineering at
Princeton University and
Worcester Polytechnic Institute •
Deji Akinwande, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the
University of Texas at Austin, recipient of the
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers •
John Dabiri, professor of
aerospace engineering at the
California Institute of Technology, recipient of
MacArthur Fellowship •
Alexander Animalu,
theoretical physicist; member of the advisory board of the
Physica journal •
Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe, geologist and professor of
geology at the
Missouri University of Science and Technology •
Soni Oyekan, chemical engineer •
Bolaji Aluko, professor of chemical engineering at
Howard University •
Lola Eniola-Adefeso, professor of chemical engineering at
University of Michigan •
Ndubuisi Ekekwe, electrical and computer engineer •
Unoma Ndili Okorafor, computer scientist, wife of Ekpe Okorafor, and daughter of nuclear physicist
Frank Nwachukwu Ndili •
Philip Emeagwali, computer scientist and 1989 recipient of
Gordon Bell Prize •
Tam David-West, academic and
virologist Medicine •
Latunde Odeku, first Nigerian
neurosurgeon trained in the United States; pioneer of neurosurgery in Africa •
Chidi Chike Achebe, physician executive and son of
Chinua Achebe •
Bankole Johnson,
psychiatrist; discoverer of topiramate, a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) facilitator and glutamate antagonist, as an effective treatment for alcoholism. •
Olufunmilayo Olopade, hematology
oncologist; director of the Cancer Risk Clinic at the
University of Chicago Medical Center •
Ikenna Ihim, doctor •
Ola Akinboboye, nuclear cardiologist •
Mojisola Adeyeye,
pharmacist and professor of
pharmaceutics at
Duquesne University •
Bennet Omalu,
neuropathologist and professor at the
University of California, Davis; first to discover and publish findings on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American football players •
Bruce Ovbiagele,
Professor of
Neurology and Associate
Dean at the
University of California, San Francisco;
Editor-in-Chief of
Journal of the American Heart Association;
Chief of Staff at the
San Francisco VA Medical Center;
Founder of the
Society for Equity Neuroscience •
Nelson M. Oyesiku, vice chairman of
neurological surgery and professor of
endocrinology at the
Emory University School of Medicine •
Charles Rotimi,
geneticist and director of the
National Institutes of Health •
Olawale Sulaiman, neurosurgeon; professor of neurosurgery at
Tulane University •
Samuel Dagogo-Jack, discoverer of the first
radioimmunoassay for
epidermal growth factor in human saliva •
Elizabeth Ofili, physician and
cardiology researcher •
Chidi Chike Achebe, physician executive •
Jacqueline Nwando Olayiwola, Chair Professor of the Department of Family Medicine at
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center •
Clement Adebamowo,
epidemiologist •
Folakemi T. Odedina, professor of pharmacy and medicine at
University of Florida •
Andrew Agwunobi, CEO of
UConn Health Humanities and social sciences •
Kola Tubosun, linguist and founder of
The YorubaName Project •
Jacob Olupona, professor of
African Studies and
African American Studies at
Harvard University •
Abiola Irele, literary scholar and former professor at
Harvard University •
Claude Ake, political scientist, former professor at
Columbia University and
Yale University •
Chinua Achebe, award-winning novelist, professor, literary scholar, and author of
Things Fall Apart •
Nwando Achebe, historian, feminist scholar, and daughter of
Chinua Achebe •
Farooq Kperogi, journalist and professor of journalism at
Kennesaw State University •
Nwando Achebe, historian and feminist scholar; professor of history at
Michigan State University •
Toyin Falola, historian and professor of
African Studies •
Bamidele A. Ojo, political scientist and
professor of
Political science and
International studies •
John Ogbu, anthropologist, "acting white" theorist •
Ekpo Eyo, archaeologist and professor of
African arts and
Archeology at
University of Maryland •
Akinwumi Ogundiran, archaeologist, Chancellor's Professor and Professor of
Africana Studies,
Anthropology &
History at
UNC Charlotte. •
Obiwu (Obioma Paul Iwuanyanwu), writer and professor of English and creating writing at
Central State University •
Wendy Osefo, public affairs academic, professor at the
Johns Hopkins School of Education, and television personality •
Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze, philosopher •
Nkiru Nzegwu, philosopher and Distinguished Professor for Research at
State University of New York at Binghamton •
Kalu Ndukwe Kalu, political scientist and Distinguished Research Professor of
Political Science and National Security Policy at
Auburn University •
Stephen Adebanji Akintoye, academic, historian and writer •
Saheed Aderinto, professor of history at
Western Carolina University •
Elechukwu Njaka, political scientist; author of
Igbo Political Culture •
Olu Oguibe, professor of art at the
University of Connecticut and senior fellow at the
Smithsonian Institution in
Washington, DC •
Chika Okeke-Agulu, art historian •
Joy Ogwu, political scientist •
Leslye Obiora, professor of law at
University of Arizona •
Tejumola Olaniyan, Louise Durham Mead Professor of English and African Cultural Studies, and the Wole Soyinka Professor of the Humanities at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison •
Esiaba Irobi, Associate Professor of International Theatre and Film Studies at Ohio University, Athens, USA •
Babatunde Lawal, Professor of Art History at
Virginia Commonwealth University.
Mathematics •
Nkechi Agwu,
ethnomathematician and historian of mathematics •
Abba Gumel,
computational mathematician and
mathematical biologist, professor at
Arizona State University •
Chike Obi,
pure mathematician •
Kate Okikiolu,
mathematical analyst •
Yewande Olubummo,
mathematical analyst •
Grace Alele-Williams, professor of
mathematics education Academic administration •
Victor Ukpolo, chancellor of the
Southern University at New Orleans •
Benjamin Akande, president of
Champlain College and
Westminster College •
Babatunde Ogunnaike, dean of the College of Engineering at the
University of Delaware •
Joseph Abiodun Balogun, dean of the College of Health Sciences at
Chicago State University •
Ilesanmi Adesida, dean and professor emeritus of engineering at the
Grainger College of Engineering (
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), provost at
Nazarbayev University (in
Kazakhstan) •
Johnson O. Akinleye, chancellor of
North Carolina Central University •
ImeIme Umana, president of
Harvard Law Review •
Nwando Achebe, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the College of Social Science at
Michigan State University •
Okwui Enwezor, senior vice president of
San Francisco Art Institute •
John Dabiri, Centennial Chair Professor at
California Institute of Technology •
Andrew Agwunobi, president of
University of Connecticut •
Toyin Tofade, president of
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