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Chinedum Osuji

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.[3]

Chinedum Osuji
Personal information
NationalityTrinidad and Tobago
Born (1976-12-15) 15 December 1976 (age 47)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event80 kg
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing Trinidad and Tobago
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro 80 kg

Early life and education edit

Chinedum Osuji was born in Trinidad and Tobago and lived there until he began his education in the United States.[4] He studied materials science and engineering, receiving his bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1999.[5] During his studies Cornell he completed a senior thesis on random copolymers for polymer interface reinforcement with Edward J. Kramer.[5] In 2003, Osuji received his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[6] At MIT he worked under the supervision of Edwin L. Thomas.[7] His research thesis was on the structure and properties of liquid crystalline block copolymers.[7]

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.[5][6] From 2005 to 2007, Osuji was a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University working with David A. Weitz on colloidal gels.[5]

Taekwondo career edit

In 2000, while at MIT, Chinedum Osuji co-founded the MIT sport taekwondo team.[8]

He represented Trinidad and Tobago at the World Taekwondo Championships in the 2001, 2003, and 2005 games.[9]

In 2003, he received a silver medal at the Pan American Games qualifier.[9]

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[9] and then announced his retirement from future international competitions.[4]

Scientific career and research edit

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.[4] In 2017 he joined the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering of the University of Pennsylvania as the Eduardo D. Glandt Presidential Professor.[10] In 2021, he became the chair of the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering.[11]

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.[12] In particular, he has studied methods to induce long-range order in soft matter systems such as block copolymers and liquid crystals[13][14][15] and self-assembly of nanomaterials.[16]

He is the author of over 100 publications.[17] Osuji is currently an associate editor of Macromolecules.[3]

Honors and awards edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Beer with no buzz: 2021 Y-Prize awards dealcoholization project". Penn Today. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  3. ^ a b "Macromolecules". pubs.acs.org. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  4. ^ a b c Chinedum Osuji (2012-02-10). "Osuji Lab - Polymer Physics, Complex Fluids and Soft Materials Science: Directed Self Assembly, Supramolecular Polymers, Colloidal Rheology, Microfluidics". Eng.yale.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  5. ^ a b c d "Prize Recipient". www.aps.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  6. ^ a b Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "CBE Fall Lecture Series: Chinedum Osuji // Notre Dame Energy // University of Notre Dame". Notre Dame Energy. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  7. ^ a b Osuji, Chinedum (2003). Structure and properties of hydrogen and covalently bonded side group liquid crystalline block copolymers (Thesis thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/29973.
  8. ^ "MIT Sport Taekwondo Club". Web.mit.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  9. ^ a b c "CW Taekwondo at Boston - Competition Profile". Cwtkd.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  10. ^ "CBE Welcomes Professor Chinedum Osuji".
  11. ^ "Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering". directory.seas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  12. ^ "Chinedum Osuji - Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science | Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science". Seas.yale.edu. 2012-11-30. Archived from the original on 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  13. ^ 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. (November 2019). "Single crystal texture by directed molecular self-assembly along dual axes". Nature Materials. 18 (11): 1235–1243. doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0389-1. PMID 31209387. S2CID 190537263.
  14. ^ Rokhlenko, Yekaterina; Moschovas, Dimitrios; Miskaki, Christina; Chan, Edwin P.; Avgeropoulos, Apostolos; Osuji, Chinedum O. (26 February 2019). "Creating Aligned Nanopores by Magnetic Field Processing of Block Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends". ACS Macro Letters. 8 (3): 261–266. doi:10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00043. PMID 35650826. S2CID 139771337.
  15. ^ 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. (7 November 2017). "Controlling orientational order in block copolymers using low-intensity magnetic fields". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114 (45): E9437–E9444. Bibcode:2017PNAS..114E9437G. doi:10.1073/pnas.1712631114. PMC 5692580. PMID 29078379.
  16. ^ Zhang, Shanju; Pelligra, Candice I.; Feng, Xunda; Osuji, Chinedum O. (May 2018). "Directed Assembly of Hybrid Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites". Advanced Materials. 30 (18): 1705794. Bibcode:2018AdM....3005794Z. doi:10.1002/adma.201705794. PMID 29520839.
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  18. ^ anonymous. "Chemical Engineering Receives Four NSF Awards". Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  19. ^ anonymous. "Osuji, Tang Awarded Greer Memorial Prize". Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  20. ^ "GSDS | Previous Speakers". Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  21. ^ anonymous. "Osuji Wins 3M Young Investigator Award". Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  22. ^ "2012 Young Investigator Award Recipients". Office of Naval Research. Archived from the original on 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  23. ^ "Lange Lecture Series". www.materials.ucsb.edu. 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
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  25. ^ "John H. Dillon Medal". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  26. ^ "Van Ness Award Lectures | The Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering". cbe.rpi.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  27. ^ "YSEA Award for Advancement of Basic and Applied Science : The Yale Science & Engineering Association, Inc. : GroupSpaces". groupspaces.com. Yale Science & Engineering Association. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  28. ^ "Graduate Mentor Awards (Faculty) | Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences". gsas.yale.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  29. ^ "College of Engineering, All Events". calendars.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  30. ^ "Chinedum Osuji: APS Fellow". almanac.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  31. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  32. ^ "Chinedum Osuji | Candidate for MRS Board of Directors". www.mrs.org. Archived from the original on 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  33. ^ "Chinedum Osuji: Intel Outstanding Researcher Award". almanac.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
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