Prior to joining WPI, Dr. Soboyejo was a professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University for approximately seventeen years. His research work includes the use of nanomaterials for targeting and treating cancer; a shear assay technique to measure the mechanical properties of organelles in the cell; the development of low-cost solar cells/light-emitting devices; and sustainable approaches to providing clean water, affordable housing, and education to people in the developing world. Dr. Soboyejo brings to higher education an exceptional record of achievement in engineering research and academic leadership, as well as impressive accomplishments in international development and a noteworthy track record in building global research and educational partnerships. He founded the U.S./Africa Materials Institute at Princeton, one of six international materials institutes supported by the National Science Foundation. He has also served as president and provost of the African University of Science and Technology (AUST) in Abuja, Nigeria, a Pan-African university founded by the Nelson Mandela Institutions (NMI), and as the chair of the African Scientific Committee of the NMI. He held research positions at the McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratories in St. Louis and the Edison Welding Institute in Columbus, Ohio, as well as faculty positions at Ohio State University and MIT, before joining the Princeton faculty in 1999. Dr. Soboyejo is the recipient of a National Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research, the ASM’s Bradley Stoughton Award for excellence in teaching materials science, the Lumley Research Award of Ohio State University, and Princeton University’s Old School Award for Innovation.  Dr. Soboyejo is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS), the African Academy of Science, and the Materials Society of Nigeria.