Solomon Tolulope Oyakhire, a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University was among the 32 cohort of scientist drawn from twenty-six (26) universities across the world for the Schmidt Science Fellows 2023.
Tolulope is the first Nigerian to be announced one of the program members. He and the others were selected based on their talent, scientific achievements, leadership attributes, as well as their ability to use science and engineering to solve some of the global challenges which include but not limited to mental health, food security, climate destruction, neurodegenerative disease,drug discovery and energy security
Becoming a member of Schmidt Science Fellows eligible Solomon Oyakhire, an Alumni of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and the thirty-one (31) other exceptional early career scientists to a stipend of $100,000/year for up to two years for their post doctoral research in a field different from their PhD at one of the popular state -of-art laboratories any where in the world. They will also receive professional supports and trainings that will expose them to new research idea and techniques, using high tech facilities. The training also includes attending series of global meetings to develop their communication and leadership skills.
Solomon was admitted to Stanford University, the institution that nominated him for the fellowship as a Knight Hennessy scholar in 2018. He earned his Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Chemical Engineering with highest honor from the prestigious University of Lagos (UNILAG) Nigeria in 2016.
His area of research interest lie at the intersection of experimental and computational paths towards sustainable energy harvesting, conversion, and storage. While his current research is in lithium-based batteries and is focused on identifying physical descriptors of lithium growth, characterizing interfaces and interphases, and accelerating electrolyte discovery using computational methods.
As a Fellow, he will move from chemical engineering to artificial intelligence and will utilizes machine learning to research next generation energy storage and conversion technologies.
Solomon is working toward becoming a professor of chemical engineering, focusing on research in the area of sustainable energy technologies.
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