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This is Omowunmi Sadik, Inventor Of Biosensors That Detect Bombs

Omowunmi Sadik is a professor, chemist and an inventor of microelectrode biosensors that can detect foreign materials, to spot drugs and explosives.

She was born in 1964 in Lagos, Nigeria. While growing up in Nigeria, she got introduced to science by her father, who was a pharmaceutical technician. Sadik was interested in physics, chemistry, and biology.

Omowunmi Sadik

Sadik is currently a professor at Binghamton University in Upstate, New York while formulating technology that will recycle metal ions from waste for industrial and environmental purposes.

Diagram of nano-particle and intra-cross linking…photo credit: Binghamton University

In 1985, she earned her Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Lagos. She btained a Master’s degree in chemistry in 1987.  In 1994, she earned her PhD from Wollongong University in Australia.

Sadik is the recipient of several fellowships to include the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the National Research Council to name a few.

She is also a collaborator with the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, UNESCO in Romania, Turkey, and Japan; and previously a panel member for the National Institution of Health on Instrumentation and Systems Development.

Sadik in conjunction with Barbara Karn formed the not-for-profit Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization in 2012.

Currently, Sadik is a professor at Binghamton University in Upstate, New York while formulating technology that will recycle metal ions from waste for industrial and environmental purposes.

Her contributions are greatly honoured as a woman.

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MEET OMOWUNMI SADIK, INVENTOR OF BIOSENSORS THAT DETECT BOMBS

Meet Omowunmi Sadik, the inventor of microelectrode biosensors that can detect foreign materials and can be used to spot drugs or explosives.

According to patent number 20060275786A1, the request for the patent was filed on December 7, 2006.  Sadik also has patents for additional distinct biosensors

Sadik is a surface chemist, inventor, and college instructor. She was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1964.  In 1985, she earned her Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Lagos. She also obtained a Master’s degree in chemistry in 1987.  In 1994, she earned her PhD from Wollongong University in Australia.

Sadik is the recipient of several fellowships to include the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the National Research Council to name a few.

She is also a collaborator with the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, UNESCO in Romania, Turkey, and Japan; and previously a panel member for the National Institution of Health on Instrumentation and Systems Development.

In 2012, Sadik in conjunction with Barbara Karn formed the not-for-profit Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization.

Sadik is currently a professor at Binghamton University in Upstate, New York while formulating technology that will recycle metal ions from waste for industrial and environmental purposes.

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