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Meet John Dabiri, Nigerian NVIDIA director who became a professor at 25
John Oluseun Dabiri is a Nigerian-American aeronautics engineer and centennial chair professor at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), with appointments in the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (GALCIT) and mechanical engineering.
The 44-year-old researcher is best known for his research on the hydrodynamics of jellyfish propulsion and the design of a vertical-axis wind farm adapted from schooling fish, following his first doctorate in 2005.
Dabiri’s career follows a path to the board of directors at NVIDIA in 2020 when it was valued at $323.24. Today, the company has a market cap of $2.314 Trillion and is the third biggest tech company in the world.
Early life and education
Dabiri was born in 1980, 5 years after his parents immigrated to Toledo, Ohio from Nigeria. His father was a mechanical engineer and taught mathematics at a local community college. His mother was a computer scientist who started a software development company.
He was educated at a small Baptist high school, wh
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John Dabiri is a MacArthur Fellow and Centennial Chair Professor at the California Institute of Technology.
John’s research focuses on unsteady fluid mechanics and flow physics, with particular emphasis on topics relevant to biology, energy, and the environment. While serving as a Professor of Aeronautics and Bioengineering at Caltech from 2005 to 2015, John was also the Director of the Center for Bioinspired Wind Energy, Chair of the Faculty, and Dean of Students. From 2015 to 2019, he served as a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University.
He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and received his Master of Science in Aeronautics from Caltech, where he also earned his Ph.D. in Bioengineering with a minor in Aeronautics. In addition to his work at Caltech, John serves on President Biden's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, among other advisory boards.
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Biography John O. Dabiri is the Centennial Chair Professor at Caltech, with appointments in the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (GALCIT) and Mechanical Engineering. A recipient of the National Medal of Science, Dabiri takes inspiration from unexpected biological systems like jellyfish and fish schools, combining biological experiments and field work with concepts from fluid mechanics to impact technologies ranging from wind energy to biomedicine. Current research interests include biological fluid dynamics in the ocean, the physics of turbulence transition, and development of new measurement techniques. Dabiri is a MacArthur Fellow and a Fellow of the Americ Copyright ©dadtori.pages.dev 2025 |