Born and raised in Nigeria’s coastal city of Lagos, Olanrewaju completed his undergraduate degree in agricultural engineering at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, before moving to Canada to pursue a master’s in bioresource engineering at McGill University.
His academic interest lies at the intersection of biology, engineering and health, which has led him to a career as an industrial engineer and quality manager in the beverage, biomedical and life sciences industries for about a decade. Olanrewaju’s PhD in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto will focus primarily on upstream bioprocessing, through application of modelling, simulation and novel biotechnology toolkits.
Olanrewaju loves spending time with his family, listening to podcasts, and playing and watching soccer.