Omolola (Lola) Eniola-Adefeso

Omolola (Lola) Eniola-Adefeso
MLK Visiting Professor, 2021-2022
Research Interests
design biocompatible functional particles for targeted drug delivery, using knowledge of the cellular inflammatory response and blood flow dynamics to design bio-functionalized particles for targeted drug delivery and imaging
Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2004
M.S.E., University of Pennsylvania, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2000
B.S., University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Chemical Engineering, 1999
Selected Publications
Honors and Awards
Board of Directors (Elected), American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2021
External Advisory Board, Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University
External Advisory Board, Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Florida
Board of Directors (Elected), MichBio, the State of Michigan’s life sciences industry lobbying group, 2020
BMES Mid-Career Award for meritorious achievements in scholarship and practice of biomedical engineering, 2020
Elected Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2020
Director (Elected) Biomedical Engineering Society, 2019 - 2022
Member (Presidential Appointment), UM Biosciences Initiative Coordinating Committee (BICC), 2019
University Diversity and Social Transformation Professorship, 2019
Member (Elected) UM Rackham Executive Board, 2018 - 2019
Rackham Faculty Recognition Award, University of Michigan, 2018
Associate Director, NIH Cellular Biotechnology Training Grant, 2017
WIC Mentor Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE), 2017
MAC Grimes Excellence in Chemical Engineering Award, AIChE, 2017
Senior Fellow (Elected), Michigan Society of Fellows, 2017 - 2021
NIH BTSS Study Section Standing Member, 2017 – 2023
Raymond J. and Monica E. Schultz Outreach & Diversity Award, Univ. of Michigan College of Engineering, 2017
Elected Fellow, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2017
Invited Speaker, National Academy of Sciences Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, 2016
Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award, Office of the Provost, Univ. of Michigan, 2016
CEW Carol Hollenshead Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity & Social Change, 2016
Inaugural Chair/Organizer: ECI Conference on Nanotechnology for Medicine, Austria, 2016
Faculty Fellow, University of Michigan College of Engineering, 2014
Miller Faculty Scholar, University of Michigan College of Engineering, 2013
Selected Participant, NAE Frontier of Engineering Education, 2012
Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize, Office of the Provost, Univ. of Michigan, 2012
Research Achievement Award, Univ. of Michigan Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 2012
NSF CAREER, 2011
Lloyd N. Ferguson Young Scientist Award, NOBCChE, 2011
Innovative Research Grant, American Heart Association, 2010
University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center McKay Grant, Univ. of Michigan, 2008
Scientist Development Grant, American Heart Association, 2007
MARC /American Society of Investigative Pathology Travel Award: EB 2006
NIH T32 Training Grant: Research Training in Lung Disease, 2004
Janice Lumpkin Awards for Excellence in Arts & Sciences, 2003
NASA Graduate Research Fellowship, 2002 – 2004
Ford Foundation Graduate Fellowship: Honorable Mention, 2000
GEM Masters Fellowship for Minorities in Engineering, 1999
Magna Cum Laude, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Phi Beta Kappa National Honors Society, 1999
MARC U* STAR, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1997 – 1999
Meyerhoff Scholarship, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1997 – 1999