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Omowunmi Sadik
Omowunmi "Wunmi" A. Sadik is a Nigerian-American professor, chemist, and inventor working at New Jersey Institute of Technology. She has developed microelectrode biosensors for detection of drugs and explosives and is working on the development of technologies for recycling metal ions from waste, for use in environmental and industrial applications. In 2012, Sadik co-founded the non-profit Sustain…
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science · Nigerian professor, chemist, and inventor · teacher · inventor · chemist · also Omowunmi Sadik, Omowunmi A. Sadik, Wunmi Sadik, Sadik
Born 19 June 1964 · Q22088836
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2024· 3 entries
Vanguard: Meet Nigerian scholar, Omowunmi Sadik, who invented explosive-detection device in US
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Was appointed as the inaugural Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at NJIT
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2018· 2 entries
Awarded Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (2018).
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Published “Vector-based navigation using grid-like representations in artificial agents” in Nature — cited 595 times.
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Nigerian National Order of Merit Award (2016).
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Published “Cells release subpopulations of exosomes with distinct molecular and biological properties” in Scientific Reports — cited 890 times.
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2015· 1 entry
Published “Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning” in Nature — cited 24,316 times.
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2012· 3 entries
Published “Teacher beliefs and technology integration practices: A critical relationship” in Computers & Education — cited 1,334 times.
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Sadik co-founded the non-profit Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization
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Sadik and Barbara Karn co-founded the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization, a non-profit, international professional society for the responsible use of nanotechnology worldwide
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2011· 1 entry
Was the chairperson of the inaugural Gordon Conference on Environmental Nanotechnology
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1985· 1 entry
And went on to receive her master's degree in chemistry in 1987
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1964· 1 entry
Born 1964-06-19.
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