Wunmi Sadik
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Office of the Provost
973-596-3215
Fenster Hall (FENS)
About Me
Dr. Sadik is Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Science. She is also the Director of the NJIT BioSensors Materials for Advanced Research & Technology (The BioSMART Center). She received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Wollongong in Wollongong, Australia, and was a National Research Council postdoctoral fellow at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She has held appointments at the State University of New York at Binghamton, Harvard University, Cornell University, and the Naval Research Laboratory.

Dr. Sadik is a Naturalized US Citizen.
Education
Ph.D. ; University of Wollongong ; Chemistry ; 1994

M.S. ; University of Lagos ; Chemistry ; 1987

B.S. ; University of Lagos ; Chemistry ; 1985

Experience
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, August 2024 -
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Chair, Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science, September 2019 - August 2024
State University of New York at Binghamton
Professor, September 2005 - September 2019
State University of New York at Binghamton
Director, Center for Research in Advanced Sensing Technologies & Environmental Sustainability (CREATES), May 2017 - August 2019
State University of New York at Binghamton
Director, Center for Advanced Sensors & Environmental Systems (CASE), May 2004 - May 2017
State University of New York at Binghamton
Associate Professor, September 2002 - September 2005
Cornell University
Senior Visiting Research Faculty, May 2002 - June 2003
Naval Research Laboratory, Center for Bio/Molecular Science & Engineering
Visiting Research Fellow, 2001 -
State University of New York at Binghamton
Assistant Professor, September 1996 - September 2002
US Environmental Protection Agency
NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, November 1994 - July 1996
Awards & Honors

2024 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, NAI

2024 Wallace Coulter Lifetime Achievement Award, Pittcon Conference

2023 Fellow of the American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society

2017 Jefferson Science Fellow, State Department ,

2012 Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) , AIMBE

2010 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry

2003 Radcliffe Fellow, Harvard University

Website
http://centers.njit.edu/smart/welcome/
2025 Fall Courses
CHEM 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

EVSC 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

EVSC 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

EVSC 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

CHEM 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

EVSC 592 - GRADUATE WORK EXPERIENCE II

CHEM 700B - MASTERS PROJECT

CHEM 701B - MASTERS THESIS

MTSE 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

CHEM 591 - GRADUATE CO-OP WORK EXPER II

CHEM 701C - MASTERS THESIS

EVSC 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

CHEM 391 - RESEARCH AND INDEPENDENT STUDY

CHEM 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY I

CHEM 492 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY

CHEM 590 - GRADUATE CO-OP WORK EXPER I

CHEM 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

EVSC 591 - GRADUATE WORK EXPERIENCE I

EVSC 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

MTSE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

CHEM 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

EVSC 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

EVSC 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

Teaching Interests
Courses:

Green Chemistry (CHEM 702)
Analytical Chemistry (CHEM 222)-NJIT
Analytical Methods (CHEM 221)-NJIT
Environmental Analysis (EVSC 484/612)-NJIT
Pharmaceutical Analysis (CHEM 714)-NJIT
Environmental Chemistry(CHEM 482C/582C)
Biosensors & Bioanalytical Chemistry (CHEM 424/524)
Instrumental Analysis (CHEM 422)
Advanced Analytical Chemistry (CHE 421/521)
Biosensors & Bioanalytical Chemistry (CHEM 424/524)
General Chemistry I (CHEM 107)
Chemical Principles (CHEM 111)
Quantitative Analytical Chemistry (CHEM 221)
Past Courses
CHEM 702: SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHEMISTRY II

CHEM 702: ST:GREEN CHEMISTRY

EVSC 484: ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS

EVSC 612: ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS

Research Interests
Biosensors, Surface chemistry, Electrochemistry, and Nanostructured conducting polymers: with emphasis on developing innovative technologies for improving human health, energy, and the environment.
Patents
Packaging Material and Methods of using the Same

Journal Article
Omowunmi Sadik, Milad Torabfam, Francis Osonga, Quentin Young. 2025. "Scalable Electrochemical Detection and Degradation of 1, 4-Dioxane in Water and Wastewater: A Core-shell Bimetallic Nanocatalyst and Simulation Study." ACS ES&T Water , vol. 5 , no. 3 , pp. 1158-1172.

Omowunmi Sadik, Julia Olayanju, Uma Naidoo. 2024. "A Comparative Review of Key Isothiocyanates and their Health Benefits." Nutrients , vol. 16 , pp. 757.

Omowunmi Sadik, Francis Osonga, Gaddi Eshun, Stephen Kurilla, Areej Qamar, Huize Xue, Md Tanin Al Hassan, Hao Chen, Omowunmi Sadik. 2024. "IMPACT: Innovative (nano)Materials and Processes for Advanced Catalytic Technologies to Degrade PFOA in Water." Chemosphere , vol. 364 , pp. 143057.

Omowunmi Sadik, Gaddi Eshun, Francis Osonga. 2024. "Quercetin-derived Platinum Nanomaterials Influence Particle Stability, Catalytic and Antimicrobial Performance." ACS Omega , vol. 9 , no. 37 , pp. 38557.

Omowunmi Sadik, Milad Torabfam, Quentin Young, Omowunmi Sadik. "Elucidating the Electrochemical Behavior and Reaction Pathway of 1,4-Dioxane: An Integrated Experimental and Simulation Approach." Electrochemistry Communications , vol. 175 , pp. 107950.

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Professional
Biosensors & Bioelectronics-X
Editorial Review Board Member , 2021

The Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization
Officer, President/Elect/Past , 2017

RSC Publishing Board and Publishing Board Science and Publications Sub-Committee
Member , 2021

ACS, Sub-division of Sustainability and Green Technology
Chairperson , 2021