University of Maryland Eastern Shore alumnus Dr. Ayobami Ogunmolasuyi is the speaker at the next School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences’ 2025 Spring Seminar series on April 10.
In his presentation titled, “Navigating Success: From UMES to the Ivy League and Beyond into Consulting,” Ogunmolasuyi will share his academic and professional journey, starting from his time at UMES.
He is currently a consultant at Bain & Co., one of the world’s Top 3 management consulting firms.
The seminar will be held Thursday, April 10, in the Carver Hall Auditorium on the UMES campus, beginning at 11 a.m.
Ogunmolasuyi will talk about transitioning into management consulting and discuss the pivotal moments that shaped his career including how his undergraduate research at UMES laid the foundation for doctoral research on the mechanical properties of ice, the challenges and opportunities he encountered at Dartmouth College and his decision to explore opportunities beyond academia in management consulting.
He began his academic journey at UMES, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 2019. He obtaining a Ph.D. in engineering sciences in November 2024 from Dartmouth College, an Ivy League institution. As an undergraduate, he was distinguished as a Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) scholar at UMES.
Ogunmolasuyi’s doctoral research explored the impact of soluble impurities on the mechanical properties of polycrystalline ice, as well as the mechanical factors that affect the densification of polar firn.
His work during his Ph.D. studies earned him several prestigious awards, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, the NSF Joint Science Education Project Fellowship, and the Dartmouth PhD Innovation Fellowship.
WHEN: Thursday, April 10, noon
WHERE: Carver Hall Auditorium, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne
COST: Free
CONTACT: Dr. Ahmed Elnabwai, aelnabawi@umes.edu
