Nigerian Biophysicist, John Dabiri wins prestigious $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship

One of my favourite websites, CP-Africa.com, reported that Nigerian-American Biophysicist, John Dabiri, recently won the prestigious $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship! It's a very prestiguous fellowship awarded to the dons and geniuses of our day. My former MIT lecturer, Amy Smith, won it as well as famous Nigerian writer (and one of my favorites) Chimamanda Adichie won the fellowship as well in 2008. Get inspired!

Watch the video below and read his bio.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2audOlniaQ



Biophysicist John Dabiri was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2010. The Fellowship is a $500,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at http://www.macfound.org/fellows.

John Dabiri is presently an Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Bioengineering in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California

He's only 30 :-)

Read more at Celebrating Progress - Cp-africa.com

Comments

gamelmag said…
This is truly inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
Myne said…
This is definitely very encouraging! All the best in his future endeavors.
Nmachi said…
Thanks for the CPA shout out Mighty African!! So proud of him and yes, indeed, so inspiring!
MIghTy African said…
You welcome Nmachi. This is really good news.

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