Professional Experience, Education, Memberships, Support & Awards
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Professional Experience
2023-Current: Associate Professor Department of Chemistry Oakland University, MI, USA
2018-2023: Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, MI, USA
2015-Current: Docent, Adjunct Professor Department of Chemistry University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
2017-2018: Visiting Professor Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Windsor, ON, Canada Mentor: Prof. John Trant
2015-2017: Post-Doc Department of Applied Physics Aalto University, Espoo, Finland Mentor: Prof. Robin Ras
2012-2015: Academy of Finland Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Department of Chemistry University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Mentor: Prof. Kari Rissanen
2009-2012: Post-Doctoral Researcher Department of Chemistry University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Mentor: Prof. Kari Rissanen
2014: Guest Scholar Department of Chemistry The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA Mentor: Prof. Eric Anslyn
2007, 2009 & 2010: Guest Researcher Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry Free University of Berlin, Germany Mentor: Prof. Christoph Schalley
2005: Guest Researcher Kekulé-Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry The University of Bonn, Germany Mentor: Prof. Christoph Schalley
2004: Research Assistant Department of Chemistry University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Mentor: Prof. Kari Rissanen
Education
2005-2008: Ph.D. Degree in Organic Chemistry University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Ph.D. Supervisor: Academy Professor Kari Rissanen Grade: "Approved with Honors"
2003-2004: M.Sc. Degree in NanoScience Major: Organic Chemistry, Minor: Physical Chemistry University of Jyvaskyla; Finland Supervisor: Academy Professor Kari Rissanen Grade: "Excellent"
1997-2000: B.Sc. Degree in Chemistry Major: Chemistry, Minor: Computer Sciences University of Buea, Cameroon Grade: "Second Class Upper Division"
Memberships
Scientific Society
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Sigma Xi
Material Research Society (MRS)
African Materials Research Society (AMRS)
Support & Awards
2024-2026: National Institutes of Health (NIH) R21 Award to work on Diabetic Retinopathy (co-PI)
2024: Oakland University Black Faculty Association Summer Research Award
2023-2028: National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to work on Halogen-Bonded Materials (PI)
2023: Oakland University Black Faculty Association Summer Research Award
2022-2024: American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF) Doctoral New Investigator to work on Petroleum Asphaltenes (PI)
2021-2022: Oakland University Research Excellence Fund
2021: Oakland University URC Faculty Fellowship
2021: Oakland University Black Faculty Association Summer Research Award
2012-2015: The Academy of Finland Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
2014: Mobility Grant to University of Texas at Austin Guest scholar by the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Collaborator: Professor Eric Anslyn
2009-2012: Post-Doctoral Researcher University of Jyvaskyla
2005-2008: Graduate Student Grant National Graduate School of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology (GSOCCB)
Several travel grants
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
The German Research Foundation (DFG)
Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation Finland
The Beyeh Laboratory 