Principal Investigator

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 Jyväskylä, 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 Jyväskylä, Finland. Mentor: Prof. Kari Rissanen
2009-2012: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, 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 Jyväskylä, Finland. Mentor: Prof. Kari Rissanen

2005-2008: Ph.D. Degree in Organic Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Ph.D. Supervisor: Professor Kari Rissanen. Grade: “Approved with Honors”
2003-2004: M.Sc. Degree in NanoScience Major: Organic Chemistry, Minor: Physical Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä; Finland. Supervisor: Professor Kari Rissanen. Grade: “Excellent”
1997-2000: B.Sc. Degree in Chemistry Major: Chemistry, Minor: Computer Science, University of Buea, Cameroon. Grade: “Second Class Upper Division”

2026-2027: Center for Biomedical Research, REF Grant (PI)
2026: Discovery & Innovation Grant (PI)
2024-2026: National Institutes of Health (NIH) R21 Award. Research on Diabetic Retinopathy (co-PI)
2024: Oakland University Black Faculty Association Summer Research Award
2023-2028: National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. Research 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. Research on Petroleum Asphaltenes Dispersants (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 Jyväskylä, Finland. Collaborator: Professor Eric Anslyn
2009-2012: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Jyväskylä
2005-2008: Graduate Student Grant, National Graduate School of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology (GSOCCB)

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