Omolola Eniola-Adefeso
Chemical and biomedical engineer Lola Eniola-Adefeso is dean of the University of Illinois Chicago College of Engineering. As dean, she is dedicated to enhancing the College’s excellence and impact by building on its legacy of research to address societal challenges and attracting and supporting diverse undergraduate and graduate students. As a scholar, Eniola-Adefeso has published more than 70 peer-reviewed publications and secured millions of dollars in federal research funding. She has three patent filings – including one patent currently being licensed to a biotech company.
Prior to joining the UIC community, Eniola-Adefeso served as a professor of chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and macromolecular science and engineering at the University of Michigan, where she held the Vennema Endowed Professorship and was named a University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor. A Meyerhoff Scholar at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, she received her PhD in chemical and biomolecular engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
She has served as president of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and as director of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. She also participates on the National Academies Study Committee: Quadrennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative.