Omolola "Lola" Eniola-Adefeso

Born: unknown

Country of Birth: Nigeria

Nationality: Nigeria, USA

Ethnicity: Black

University of Maryland; University of Pennsylvania

Field of Study: Chemical Engineering, Biomolecular Engineering

Institution/Corporation: Macromolecular Science & Engineering University of Michigan; Baylor College of Medicine

Degrees & Memberships: Member: American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineers (AIMBE, 2017), Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES, 2020), Board of Directors AIChE & AIMBE; American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Senior Fellow Michigan Society of Fellows (2017)

Awards: 2021 MLK Visiting Professorship, MIT; 2020 BMES Mid-Career Award; 2020 Named in the Top 1000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America by CellPress; 2017, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Women's Inititative Committee's Mentorship Excellence Award; 2017, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Minority Affairs Committee's William W. Grimes Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering; 2017, Raymond J. & Monica E. Schultz Outreach & Diversity Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan (UM); 2016, Harold P. Johnson Diversity Service Award, UM; 2012, NAE Frontier of Engineering Education, Selected participant; 2012, Provost Teaching Innovation Award, UM; 2012, Departmental Research Achievement Award, Department of Chemical Engineering at the UM; 2011, NSF Career; 2010, Innovator Award, American Heart Association; 2007, Scientist Development Grant, American Heart Association; 2006, UM Rackham Faculty Develoment Grant, APS/NIDDK Travel Fellowship Award:EB 2006; 2004-06, Baylor College of Medicine NIH T32 Training Grant in Lung disease; 2003, Janice Lumpkin Awards for Excellence in Arts & Sciences; 2002-04, NASA Graduate Research Fellowship; 1999, GEM Masters Fellowship in Engineering; 1997-99, UMBC Meyerhoff Scholarship; 1998-99, UMBC MARC U STAR Scholar; 2019, MLK Junior Faculty Spirit Award; 2017, MAC Grimes Excellence in Chemical Engineering Award, AIChE; 2016, CEW Carol Hollenshead Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity & Social Change; 2013, Miller Faculty Scholar; 2011, Lloyd N. Ferguson Young Scientist Award, NOBCChE

Achievements: Co-founder & chief scientific officer of Asalyxa Bio; her research looks to design biocompatible functional particles for targeted drug delivery;does research in heart disease & vascular disease; her company is developing treatment for Acute Respiratory Distress syndrome (ARDS)