01
2024 — PRESENT
PhD · In progress
Environmental Engineering
Missouri University of Science & Technology
Rolla, United StatesABOUT / 001
Curious by nature.
Engineer by training.
I work where environmental engineering, biochemistry and biotechnology meet.
My research focuses on understanding and engineering biological systems capable of transforming difficult environmental contaminants.
Much of my work involves enzymes, proteins, fluorinated compounds and synthetic biological systems for detecting molecular activity. I’m interested in the questions that connect them.
Explore those questions ↗THE PERSON BEHIND THE RESEARCH ↙
01 / THE INTERSECTION
Different disciplines. Connected thinking.
FIG. 01 / MOLECULAR PERSPECTIVES
PROTEIN ENGINEERING
Small molecules.
Big questions.↗
Big questions.↗
A folded structure. A world of possibilities.
FAcD · PDB 3R3V ↗CONCEPTUAL SEQUENCE
01Environmental engineering↘
02Environmental chemistry↘
03Biochemistry↘
04Synthetic biology↘
05Protein + enzyme engineering↘
06Environmental biotechnology↘
One focus: persistent environmental contaminants.
02 / ACADEMIC JOURNEY
A few chapters along the way.
02
2022 — 2024
Master of Science
Environmental Engineering
University of Belgrade
Belgrade, Serbia03
2012 — 2018
Bachelor of Science
Biochemistry / Science Laboratory Technology
Ekiti State University
Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria03 / RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
From measurement to discovery.
My academic research connects environmental chemistry, molecular biology, and careful experimental measurement.
2024 — PRESENT
Graduate Research Assistant
Missouri University of Science & Technology
Rolla, MissouriDeveloping defluorination assays for model organofluorines, engineering enzyme variants, and connecting fluoride measurements with microbial growth and screening data.
2022 — 2023
Graduate Researcher
University of Belgrade
Belgrade, SerbiaApplied analytical chemistry to environmental and food samples, and evaluated zeolite sorbents for removing copper from water.
04 / INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
Science in industrial practice.
2023
Internship Trainee
Frikom DOO
Belgrade, SerbiaSupported water quality monitoring and the evaluation of water and wastewater treatment processes in an industrial setting.
2016
Student Technologist / Research Intern
Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO)
Lagos, NigeriaGained research experience in food analysis, materials characterization, and pilot-scale processing of food and agro-allied products.
05 / CLINICAL LABORATORY EXPERIENCE
A foundation in careful measurement.
2018 — 2020
Laboratory Technologist
Hope Medical Centre
Sango-Ota, NigeriaPerformed clinical laboratory analyses and maintained reliable diagnostic workflows, building a foundation in careful measurement and laboratory quality assurance.
RESEARCH STARTS WITH A QUESTION.
What are you
working on?