Chinedum Osuji Explained

Chinedum Osuji
Nationality:Trinidad and Tobago
Birth Date:15 December 1976
Weight:800NaN0
Sport:Taekwondo
Event:80 kg
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Chinedum Osuji (born December 15, 1976)[1] is the Eduardo D. Glandt Presidential Professor and the departmental chair of chemical and biomolecular engineering (CBE) at University of Pennsylvania. He is also a former Taekwondo Olympian and represented Trinidad and Tobago. His laboratory works on polymers and soft materials for functional application including liquid filtration.[2] He is the associate editor of the journal Macromolecules.

Early life and education

Chinedum Osuji was born in Trinidad and Tobago and lived there until he began his education in the United States.[3] He studied materials science and engineering, receiving his bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1999.[4] During his studies Cornell he completed a senior thesis on random copolymers for polymer interface reinforcement with Edward J. Kramer. In 2003, Osuji received his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[5] At MIT he worked under the supervision of Edwin L. Thomas.[6] His research thesis was on the structure and properties of liquid crystalline block copolymers.

After receiving his PhD, he worked at Surface Logix Inc., a start-up company, working on using soft lithography to fabricate cell-based assays, planar waveguides and other devices. From 2005 to 2007, Osuji was a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University working with David A. Weitz on colloidal gels.

Taekwondo career

In 2000, while at MIT, Chinedum Osuji co-founded the MIT sport taekwondo team.[7]

He represented Trinidad and Tobago at the World Taekwondo Championships in the 2001, 2003, and 2005 games.[8]

In 2003, he received a silver medal at the Pan American Games qualifier.[8]

In 2004, Chinedum qualified to compete in taekwondo men's 80 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but was defeated by Rashad Ahmadov of Azerbaijan in the preliminary round.[1]

He competed in the 2007 Pan American Games, receiving a bronze medal[8] and then announced his retirement from future international competitions.[3]

Scientific career and research

In 2007, after completing his post-doc at Harvard University, he joined the faculty of Yale University in the department of chemical and environmental engineering.[3] In 2017 he joined the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering of the University of Pennsylvania as the Eduardo D. Glandt Presidential Professor.[9] In 2021, he became the chair of the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering.[10]

Osuji research focuses on the study of the structure, dynamics, and self-assembly of soft matter for use in applications such as organic solar cells, nanofiltration and microfluidic bio-assays.[11] In particular, he has studied methods to induce long-range order in soft matter systems such as block copolymers and liquid crystals[12] [13] [14] and self-assembly of nanomaterials.[15]

He is the author of over 100 publications.[16] Osuji is currently an associate editor of Macromolecules.[17]

Honors and awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chinedum Osuji Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at . Sports-reference.com . 2013-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130205143926/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/os/chinedum-osuji-1.html . 2013-02-05 . dead .
  2. Web site: Beer with no buzz: 2021 Y-Prize awards dealcoholization project. 2021-07-08. Penn Today. en.
  3. Web site: Chinedum Osuji . Osuji Lab - Polymer Physics, Complex Fluids and Soft Materials Science: Directed Self Assembly, Supramolecular Polymers, Colloidal Rheology, Microfluidics . Eng.yale.edu . 2012-02-10 . 2013-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100901065335/http://www.eng.yale.edu/polymers/cosuji.html . 2010-09-01 . live .
  4. Web site: Prize Recipient. live. 2021-07-08. www.aps.org. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906224111/http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?first_nm=Chinedum&last_nm=Osuji&year=2015 . 2015-09-06 .
  5. Web site: Dame. Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. CBE Fall Lecture Series: Chinedum Osuji // Notre Dame Energy // University of Notre Dame. 2021-07-08. Notre Dame Energy. en.
  6. Structure and properties of hydrogen and covalently bonded side group liquid crystalline block copolymers. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2003. Thesis. Chinedum. Osuji. 1721.1/29973.
  7. Web site: MIT Sport Taekwondo Club . Web.mit.edu . 2013-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130624192510/http://web.mit.edu/taekwondo/about.html . 2013-06-24 . live .
  8. Web site: CW Taekwondo at Boston - Competition Profile . Cwtkd.com . 2013-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120815123403/http://www.cwtkd.com/sporttkd/profile_ChinedumOsuji.php . 2012-08-15 . dead .
  9. Web site: CBE Welcomes Professor Chinedum Osuji.
  10. Web site: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. 2021-07-08. directory.seas.upenn.edu. en-US.
  11. Web site: 2012-11-30. Chinedum Osuji - Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science | Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130319154332/http://seas.yale.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/chinedum-osuji. 2013-03-19. 2013-02-16. Seas.yale.edu.
  12. Feng . Xunda . Kawabata . Kohsuke . Cowan . Matthew G. . Dwulet . Gregory E. . Toth . Kristof . Sixdenier . Lucas . Haji-Akbari . Amir . Noble . Richard D. . Elimelech . Menachem . Gin . Douglas L. . Osuji . Chinedum O. . 190537263 . Single crystal texture by directed molecular self-assembly along dual axes . Nature Materials . November 2019 . 18 . 11 . 1235–1243 . 10.1038/s41563-019-0389-1 . 31209387 .
  13. Rokhlenko . Yekaterina . Moschovas . Dimitrios . Miskaki . Christina . Chan . Edwin P. . Avgeropoulos . Apostolos . Osuji . Chinedum O. . Creating Aligned Nanopores by Magnetic Field Processing of Block Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends . ACS Macro Letters . 26 February 2019 . 8 . 3 . 261–266 . 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00043 . 35650826 . 139771337 .
  14. Gopinadhan . Manesh . Choo . Youngwoo . Kawabata . Kohsuke . Kaufman . Gilad . Feng . Xunda . Di . Xiaojun . Rokhlenko . Yekaterina . Mahajan . Lalit H. . Ndaya . Dennis . Kasi . Rajeswari M. . Osuji . Chinedum O. . Controlling orientational order in block copolymers using low-intensity magnetic fields . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 7 November 2017 . 114 . 45 . E9437–E9444 . 10.1073/pnas.1712631114 . 29078379 . 5692580 . 2017PNAS..114E9437G . free .
  15. Zhang . Shanju . Pelligra . Candice I. . Feng . Xunda . Osuji . Chinedum O. . Directed Assembly of Hybrid Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites . Advanced Materials . May 2018 . 30 . 18 . 1705794 . 10.1002/adma.201705794 . 29520839 . 2018AdM....3005794Z . free .
  16. Web site: Publications – Osujilab at Penn.
  17. Web site: Macromolecules. 2020-08-04. pubs.acs.org. en.
  18. Web site: anonymous. Chemical Engineering Receives Four NSF Awards. 2020-08-04. Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science. en.
  19. Web site: anonymous. Osuji, Tang Awarded Greer Memorial Prize. 2020-08-04. Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science. en.
  20. Web site: GSDS Previous Speakers. 2020-08-04. en-US.
  21. Web site: anonymous. Osuji Wins 3M Young Investigator Award. 2020-08-04. Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science. en.
  22. Web site: 2012 Young Investigator Award Recipients. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220214104733/https://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Education-Outreach/Sponsored-Research/YIP/2012-young-investigator-recipients . 2022-02-14 . 2020-08-04. Office of Naval Research.
  23. Web site: 2015-12-08. Lange Lecture Series. 2020-08-04. www.materials.ucsb.edu. en.
  24. Web site: Chinedum Osuji. 2020-08-04. www.naefrontiers.org.
  25. Web site: John H. Dillon Medal. 2020-08-04. www.aps.org. en.
  26. Web site: Van Ness Award Lectures The Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. 2020-08-04. cbe.rpi.edu.
  27. Web site: YSEA Award for Advancement of Basic and Applied Science : The Yale Science & Engineering Association, Inc. : GroupSpaces. 2020-08-04. groupspaces.com. .
  28. Web site: Graduate Mentor Awards (Faculty) Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. 2020-08-04. gsas.yale.edu. 2020-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20200930163252/https://gsas.yale.edu/deans-office/graduate-school-awards-prizes/graduate-mentor-awards-faculty. dead.
  29. Web site: College of Engineering, All Events. 2020-08-05. calendars.illinois.edu.
  30. Web site: Chinedum Osuji: APS Fellow. 2020-08-05. almanac.upenn.edu. en.
  31. Web site: APS Fellow Archive. 2020-08-05. www.aps.org. en.
  32. Web site: Chinedum Osuji Candidate for MRS Board of Directors . 2022-03-02 . www.mrs.org . 2022-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302015803/https://www.mrs.org/about-mrs/governance/elections/chinedum-osuji . dead .
  33. Web site: Chinedum Osuji: Intel Outstanding Researcher Award . 2022-03-02 . almanac.upenn.edu . en.

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