John dabiri net worth

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

John Dabiri

Nigerian-American engineer & academic

John Oluseun Dabiri[1] is a Nigerian-American aeronautics engineer and the Centennial Chair Professor at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), with appointments in the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (GALCIT) and Mechanical Engineering.[2] His research focuses on unsteady fluid mechanics and flow physics, with particular emphasis on topics relevant to biology, energy, and the environment. He is known for his research on biological fluid dynamics in the ocean, of which examples are the hydrodynamics of jellyfishpropulsion), and the design of a vertical-axis wind farm adapted from schooling fish.

Early life and education

Dabiri's parents are Nigerian immigrants, who settled in Toledo, Ohio, in 1975. Dabiri's father was a mechanical engineer who taught math at a community college. His mother, a computer scientist, raised three children and started a software development company.[3] It was watching his father, who would occasionally do engineering work on the side, that enc

John O. Dabiri, Ph.D.
Centennial Professor
California Institute of Technology
Phone: +1 (626) 395-4450


B.S.E. summa cum laude, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
   Princeton University, 2001
M.S., Aeronautics
   California Institute of Technology, 2003
Ph.D., Bioengineering with Aeronautics minor
   California Institute of Technology, 2005



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

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