Wole Soboyejo received his BSc in mechanical engineering from King’s College London in 1985.  He then went on to receive a PhD in materials science from Cambridge University in 1988.  After four years of working in industry as a Research Scientist for McDonnell Douglas (1988-1992) and as a Principal Research Engineer for the Edison Welding Institute (1992), he joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University, where he was an Assistant Professor between 1992 and 1996, and an Associate Professor between 1996 and 1999.  From 1997 to 1998, Soboyejo spent a sabbatical year as a Visiting Martin Luther King Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT.  His early work at McDonnell Douglas, Ohio State University and MIT focused mostly on the development of high temperature aerospace structural materials.  He also developed fracture mechanics models for the prediction of fatigue and fracture.  Following this early phase, he moved to Princeton University in 1999 as a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and a Professor of Materials in the Princeton Institute of Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM). At Princeton, he broadened the scope of his work to include studies of biomaterials, materials for energy and multifunctional materials.  This resulted in the development of a patented process for the fabrication of Organic Light Emitting Devices (licensed by Samsung), the development of magnetic nanoparticles for the detection and treatment of cancer, and the development of biomedical devices for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, dentistry and orthopedics.  Soboyejo also developed mechanics and materials models for the design of MEMS structures/thin films, porous materials, lattice block structures, ceramic water filters and sustainable building materials.  In 2011, he was appointed as Vice President for Academics, Research and Innovation at the African University of Science and Technology (AUST) in Abuja, Nigeria.  In this role, he introduced interdisciplinary programs in materials, energy and Bio-X that were implemented in collaboration with other Nigerian universities.  Subsequently, he served as President and Provost of AUST between 2012 and 2014.  During his period as President and Provost of AUST, AUST developed as a research-focused university with emerging excellence in materials, petroleum engineering, mathematics, and computer science.  He also secured World Bank Funding of the Pan African Materials Institute (PAMI), which was one of the African Centers of Excellence that was funded by the World Bank.  Soboyejo returned to Princeton between 2014 and 2016 where he continued his research and teaching, before moving to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) as the Bernard M. Gordon Dean of Engineering (2016-2018).  As Dean of Engineering, Soboyejo introduced new interdisciplinary communities in Materials and Manufacturing, Bio-X and the Smart World.  He also strengthened the core of the engineering programs at WPI. Since September, 2018, he has served as the Senior Vice President and Provost at WPI.  He has also helped to establish the Global School at WPI, while developing WPI as a Global Leader in STEM Education.