Omokhuwele Umoru

Omokhuwele Umoru was born and raised in Edo State, Nigeria where she developed a deep passion for Physics at a young age. She moved to the United States to pursue her undergraduate studies at Texas Southern University, where she completed her B.Sc. in Engineering Physics.

In the summer of 2023, Omokhuwele interned at the Center for Computational Mathematics at the Flatiron Institute in Manhattan, NY, where she wrote Stellarator optimization codes.

Prior to her internship at the Flatiron Institute, Omokhuwele worked as a Research Intern in the Texas Southern University Physics Department, focusing on computer vision. She utilized machine learning libraries like OpenCV and Scikit Image for image processing and object detection.

In addition to her research experience, Omokhuwele has held several other positions, including working as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for PHYS 1302 in the Fall of 2022, a Machine Learning Intern at Logitech, and a Peer Tutor/Mentor at TSU’s Student Academic Support Services. She has also been actively involved in various professional societies and extracurricular activities, such as the National Society of Black Physicists, Society of Physics Students, National Society of Black Engineers, and the TSU Computer Society.

Omokhuwele has been recognized for her outstanding achievements, receiving the Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Physics Award, Women in Aerospace Scholarship, COSET Scholarships, and President’s List awards. She was also a TEAM-UP Together Scholarship recipient in 2023. Omokhuwele is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Applied Physics at Yale University, specializing in theoretical/computational condensed matter research in the Yale Quantum Material Science and Engineering program.”