Ilesanmi Adesida was born in 1949 at Ifon, Ondo State, Nigeria. He is a naturalized American physicist of Yoruba, Nigerian. He is an academician and has rep and function in various levels and at various stages among which is his most current, been the provost at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan from September 2016.
Adesida is an expert in the processing of semiconductors and other materials at the Nanometer-scale level and in ultra-high-speed Heterostructure field-effect transistors, the sort of transistors used in cell-phones, Fiber Optics Communications, Deep Space Communications, and other applications. His contributions have provided insights into the limits of advanced lithography and other Nanofabrication techniques.
Looking into his education profile from the rear to his most previous;
1974: B.Sc, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley,
1975: M.Sc, Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley,
1979: PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley
And his most previous we have;
2005-2012: Dean, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2012-2015: Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1987-2016: Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and 2016-Present: Provost at Nazarbayev University,Astana, Kazakhstan.
