Chinedum Osuji

Chinedum Osuji
Personal information
Nationality Trinidad and Tobago
Born (1976-12-15) 15 December 1976
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) 80 kg
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing Trinidad and Tobago
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro 80 kg

Chinedum Osuji (born December 15, 1976)[1] is a former Taekwondo Olympian and current professor of chemical and environmental engineering at Yale University.

Early life and education

Chinedum Osuji was born in Trinidad and Tobago and lived there until he began his education in the United States.[2] He studied Materials Science and Engineering, receiving his Bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1999, and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003.[3][2]

After receiving his PhD, he worked at Surface Logix Inc., a start-up company, and then from 2005-2007 was a post-doc at Harvard University.[2] In 2007, he joined the faculty of Yale University. In 2018, he moved to the University of Pennsylvania. [4]

Taekwondo career

In 2000, while at MIT, Chinedum Osuji co-founded the MIT sport taekwondo team.[5]

He represented Trinidad and Tobago at the World Taekwondo Championships in the 2001, 2003, and 2005 games.[6]

In 2003, he received a silver medal at the Pan American Games qualifier.[6]

In 2004, Chinedum qualified to compete in taekwondo men's 80 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but was defeated by Rashad Ahmadov of Azerbaijan in the preliminary round.[1]

He competed in the 2007 Pan American Games, receiving a bronze medal[6] and then announced his retirement from future international competitions.[2]

Scientific work

In 2007, after completing his post-doc at Harvard University, he joined the faculty of Yale University and is now an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering.[2] His work focuses on the study of the structure, dynamics, and self-assembly of soft matter for use in applications such as organic solar cells and microfluidic bio-assays.[3]

He was a recipient of an NSF CAREER award in 2009.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Chinedum Osuji Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chinedum Osuji (2012-02-10). "Osuji Lab - Polymer Physics, Complex Fluids and Soft Materials Science: Directed Self Assembly, Supramolecular Polymers, Colloidal Rheology, Microfluidics". Eng.yale.edu. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  3. 1 2 "Chinedum Osuji - Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science | Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science". Seas.yale.edu. 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  4. ↑ "Chinedum Osuji Lab – Just another WordPress site". osujilab.seas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
  5. ↑ "MIT Sport Taekwondo Club". Web.mit.edu. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  6. 1 2 3 "CW Taekwondo at Boston - Competition Profile". Cwtkd.com. Retrieved 2013-02-16.


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