Prof. Martin Mwangi Thuo

Martin Mwangi Thuo is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at North Carolina State University and the deputy director, NSF-STC Center for Complex Particle Systems (COMPASS). He is a fellow of the National Academy of inventors (FNAI) and fellow of the Africa Academy of Sciences. Previously, he was the Schafer 2050 associate professor at Iowa State University in the department of Materials Science & Engineering and in Electrical and Computer engineering. He was a Mary-Fieser (2009-2011) and NSEC (2011-2013) postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University. He is the recipient of several awards like the ACS nano rising star, the Schafer 2050 professorship, Akinc excellence in research award, Lynn-Anderson research excellence award, Black & Veatch faculty fellowship, among others. He is a co-host of the ICAN-X talks and serves on the boards of various journals and professional societies. His research interests encompass the general theme of frugal innovation through simplicity and surface thermodynamics