Dr. Omololu Akin-Ojo received his BSc and MSc Physics degrees from the University of Ibadan, and PhD
from the University of Delaware (USA). Following two postdoctoral stints at Boston University and the
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Trieste, Italy, he returned to Africa — first
to Nigeria and now in Rwanda as Director of the East African Institute for Fundamental Research, a
Physics training and research hub. His main research interest is in condensed matter physics and its
applications for African development and advancement.