 Akinwande wey dem bon for Washington, DC an im kom stat life for Naija. Im gro op for ikeja wit im perents. Im papa na di ficial controller of Guardian News an im mama wok for Ministry of Edukashon. E go Federal Govment College, Idoani an e get interest for science an engineering. E go bak America for 1994, where e go Cuyahoga community college bifor e transfer go Case Western Reserve University go stodi Electrical engineering an applied physics. During im masters digri, im lead di design of near-field microwave tips for non-destructive imaging. Stanford University accept am as a graduate student, woking on di electronic of carbon-based materials. Dem select am as a Dare Diversifying Academia Recruiting Excellence Fellow in 2008. E komplit im PhD for 2009. Im join University of Texas for Austin for 2010 as Assistant Professor for January 2010, an dem awod am research grants from meni agencies like di National Science Foundation NSF, Army Research Office ARO, di Defense Threat Reduction Agency DTRA, DARPA, AFOSR, an Office of Naval Research, di latter focusing on high-frequency flexible 2D electronics. 