David Chukwuma Izuogu

David was born in Agbor, Delta Sate, Nigeria, and obtained his BSc in pure and industrial chemistry jointly from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and Hokkaido University, Japan. He went ahead to do two separate master’s degrees in inorganic chemistry and nanoscience of advance metal complexes at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and Tohoku University, Japan, respectively. He is currently doing a Ph.D. in computational chemistry at the University of Cambridge. David uses computational and experimental techniques to investigate molecular designs and interactions around lanthanide ions needed for enhanced single-molecule magnets (SMM) behaviour for applications in quantum computing, information processing and data storage under the supervision of Dr. Alex Thom. He is leading a series of capacity building through science education/research in developing countries through a non-profit organization he founded, the Africa of Our Dream Initiative. His interest in entrepreneurship has seen him pursue new start-ups to address global problems like counterfeits across industries while in Cambridge.