Professor Wunmi Sadik to join the Panel Discussion on African Women in Science and Technology, July 27, 2025

[Adebayo Ajadi]

Professor Wunmi Sadik to join the Panel Discussion on African Women in Science and Technology, July 27, 2025

Professor Sadik Omowunmi "Wunmi" Sadik is a Distinguished Professor and Vice Provost for Academic Faculty Affairs at the New Jersey Institutes of Technology (NJIT). She is the Director of NJIT's BioSMART Center. Sadik joined NJIT in 2019 after more than two decades at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton, where her exceptional research innovation and teaching performance saw her progress to full professorship and served as Director of the Center for Research in Advanced Sensing Technologies & Environmental Sustainability (CREATES). She received PhD in Chemistry from the University of Wollongong, Australia, and did her postdoctoral research at the US Environmental Protection Agency. Sadik has held appointments at Harvard University, Cornell University, and the Naval Research Laboratory.

Sadik holds five US patents and has been recognized for research innovation in biosensors and sustainable nanotechnology. Her group focuses on the understanding of interfaces, in particular, electrochemical interfaces, and how to use this knowledge to pursue innovative bio (analytical) sensing technologies for improving human health and the environment. She has led her team in translating basic biosensor research into a portable, fully autonomous, and remotely operated sensing device known as an Ultra-Sensitive Portable Capillary Sensor, or U-PAC. Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Science Foundation, her group has developed sensors for the blue-green mold Penicillium italicum, among the most problematic post-harvest plant infections limiting the integrity of citrus and other crops. Sadik's inventions have helped drive changes in many areas, including nanotechnology, pain management, and counter-terrorism.

Professor Sadik has published over 220 peer-reviewed publications and has given over 450 invited lectures and conference contributions worldwide. Her works have appeared in journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society, NanoLetters, ACS Sensors, Analytical Chemistry, ACS Catalysis, Chemical Communications, and Biosensors & Bioelectronics.
 
Sadik has secured over $9 million in research grants and contracts from government agencies and private sector institutions such as the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Naval Research Laboratory, and by private and non-profit sectors such as Procter & Gamble and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Please join us for a panel discussion with our distinguished panelists, Professors Catherine Ngila, Ibraheem T. Badejo, Veronica Okello, Lucie T. Tchouassi, and Wunmi Sadik who will be sharing their expertise on "African Women in Science and Technology."

Sunday, July 27, 2025

11 AM Austin

12 PM New Jersey

5 PM Nigeria

6 PM South Africa

Register Here:

https://www.tfinterviews.com/post/africanwomenscitech

Join via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84207007757 

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