Prof. Soboyejo is the Interim President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and a professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. Prior to joining WPI, he was a professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University for approximately 17 years. He is a materials scientist whose research focuses on multifunctional materials, biomaterials, and the use of nanoparticles for the detection and treatment of disease, the mechanical properties of materials, and the use of materials science to promote global development. He founded the U.S./Africa Materials Institute at Princeton, one of six international materials institutes supported by the National Science Foundation. He served as President and Provost of the African University of Science and Technology in Abuja, Nigeria, a Pan-African university. 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. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and the World Academy of Sciences, and Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineers, and the African Academy of Sciences.