The Most Famous

CHEMISTS from Nigeria

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This page contains a list of the greatest Nigerian Chemists. The pantheon dataset contains 602 Chemists, 1 of which were born in Nigeria. This makes Nigeria the birth place of the 48th most number of Chemists behind Hong Kong, and Kuwait.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Nigerian Chemists of all time. This list of famous Nigerian Chemists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Omowunmi Sadik (b. 1964)

With an HPI of 50.19, Omowunmi Sadik is the most famous Nigerian Chemist.  Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.

Omowunmi "Wunmi" A. Sadik (born 19 June 1964) is a Nigerian-American professor, chemist, and inventor working at New Jersey Institute of Technology. She has developed microelectrode biosensors for detection of drugs and explosives and is working on the development of technologies for recycling metal ions from waste, for use in environmental and industrial applications. In 2012, Sadik co-founded the non-profit Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Nigerian chemists born between 1964 and 1964. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Nigerian chemists include Omowunmi Sadik. As of April 2024, 1 new Nigerian chemists have been added to Pantheon including Omowunmi Sadik.

Living Nigerian Chemists

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Newly Added Nigerian Chemists (2024)

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