President Bola Tinubu has extended warm congratulations to six Nigerian scientists and engineers who have been recognized with the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in the United States.
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The awardees, announced by US President Joe Biden on January 14, 2025, are among 400 exceptional scientists and engineers honored for their outstanding contributions to their fields. The Nigerian recipients are:
Azeez Butali, Gilbert Lilly Endowed Professor of Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa
Ijeoma Opara, Associate Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Yale School of Public Health, Yale University
Oluwatomi Akindele, Postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Eno Ebong, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Biology at Northeastern University
Oluwasanmi Koyejo, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University
Abidemi Ajiboye, Executive Vice Chair of the Case School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
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Established by former US President Bill Clinton in 1996, the PECASE award is the highest honor bestowed by the US government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers.
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President Tinubu praised the Nigerian awardees for their remarkable achievements, noting that their recognition underscores the vast potential of Nigerians to excel globally.
He expressed hope that they would share their expertise to benefit Nigeria’s development efforts under the Renewed Hope Agenda.