By far, academia! One word: students. I think hanging around with people that still have that passion for learning keeps me excited to learn new thin… - Oluwatoyin A. Asojo

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By far, academia! One word: students. I think hanging around with people that still have that passion for learning keeps me excited to learn new things. I believe I’m not going to stop learning until I’m brain dead, so I like being around people that have that zest for life and that passion for science and that optimism. They’re not jaded.

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About Oluwatoyin A. Asojo

Oluwatoyin Asojo is the Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives at the Dartmouth Cancer Center. She previously served as Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Hampton University, and as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics – Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. She is a pioneering crystallographer and her interdisciplinary research bridges chemistry, biology, mathematics, and computational science. Dr. Asojo specializes in the structural study of proteins linked to neglected tropical diseases, contributing to global health and drug discovery efforts.

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Alternative Names: Oluwatoyin Asojo
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My academic journey started when I decided to run away from Nigeria—I’m joking! I was supposed to go to medical school, but I was fortunate enough to get a United World College (UWC) scholarship. I went to Pearson UWC and did my International Baccalaureate. Then I got another scholarship to go to Trent University in Ontario, where I double majored in chemistry and economics and minored in English. After that, I moved to Texas and did my PhD in chemistry at the University of Houston. Next I did a short postdoc at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Maryland. After that, I went to industry briefly. I’ve been in different academic positions ever since.

Uh-huh. I’m one of those people who believe that my role in academia is to nurture that belief students have. Who am I to say that the student standing in front of me is not the one that is going to cure cancer? My purpose is to be a catalyst for them to achieve that vision.

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I’ll put it this way: my dad didn’t realize he was mentoring me; he thought I was just coming to hang around in the lab. I remember when I was in elementary school, after school, I would just wander over to his lab. And before long, when I was in middle school, I was coming over and helping with experiments. It was just fun, and it was a way to hang out with my dad.

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