PROFILE

Professor Katampe is a Nigerian -born Research Scientist, Innovator and an Entrepreneur
with several years of research and product development experiences in both academia
and the private sectors.
Academia
Ibrahim Katampe is a Professor of Chemistry and currently the Assistant Director for
Innovation & Technology Incubation the College of Engineering, Science, Technology
and Agriculture (CESTA), Central State University. In this position, he also serves
concurrently as the Director of the Center for Excellence in Emerging Technologies
(CEET). CEET oversees all aspects of technology Incubation and commercialization at
Central State University. CEET supports, promotes, and facilitates the transfer of
university innovations for the benefit of the university community and the public. Prior to
this position this position, he served as the Chair of the Department of Natural Sciences
one of the largest STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
department in the University where he contributed to its management, administration and
leadership.
The college is integrated with multi- and inter-disciplinary projects, cooperative and
extension programs from faculty and research scientists funded by several agencies such
as National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Defense (DoD), National Institute
of Health (NIH), United States Department of Agriculture/ National Institute of Foods
Administration (USDA/NIFA), United States Department of Education (USDOE),
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Air force Research
Laboratories (AFRL) etc aiming to perform cutting –edge research and technology
development. In this role, Prof. Katampe continues to utilize his deep and extensive
experience to actively engage researchers and faculty in diverse scholarly research
activities within the university and to promote linkages with these government agencies
and also private sector firms to advance the frontiers of research and knowledge through
innovation and technology development.
He is published in several Chemical and allied academic journals and is an inventor with
about seven (7) United States issued patents. As a grant writer, he has contributed to the
University’s grants as either PI, Co-PI or active participant –faculty mentor in grants
from different funding sources such as USDA, DoD, NSF, DoEd.
Prof. Katampe is an advocate for STEM and related Sciences. He has served a co-chair of
the Math and Science Articulation and Transfer Network by Ohio Department of Higher
Education; Chemistry Ambassador at the 2018 Annual Biomedical Research Conference
for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Active member of the Quality Education for
Minorities (QEM), Montgomery County STEM Collaborative and also member of
Montgomery County Workforce / Investment Development Board.
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Corporate / Private Sector/Entrepreneurship
Prior to joining Academia, he worked in private sector in the United States of America in
varying technical, management and administrative capacities. In the private sector
chemical companies, he managed a cross section of multidisciplinary teams of scientists/
engineers in both the USA and Japan, where he was responsible for leading the product/
technology development from concepts to engineering prototyping, business incubation
and commercialization through strategic partnerships. In these capacities, worked and
collaborated with several other multinationals from various sectors of the economy:
technology and manufacturing; intellectual property and Investment firms etc. in the
United States, Europe and Asia.
Prof. Katampe brought his knowledge and experience from corporate to bear on an
entrepreneurial effort. He envisioned a company that would be a global leader in
providing eco-chemical solutions by applying expertise in Advanced Material Sciences.
This led him to found Iya Technology Laboratories, LLC (ITL). As President and CEO,
he continued to ensure Iya’s global leadership by investing in intensive research towards
the development of Innovative Eco-Chemical Technologies for the manufacture of
quality products. Within a short time, this vision and drive resulted in the
commercialization of numerous market-changing products that were manufactured and
sold globally and in some retail stores in the United States and Canada.
He is a recipient of several awards including the prestigious Planet Africa Science and
Technology Award by the planet Africa Group, Canada; the SOIN award for Technology
Innovation by the Montgomery County, SOCHE Academic Leadership Fellowship, twotime recipient of NASA Faculty Research Fellowship and most recently a member of the
Center for the Advancement of STEM Leaders ( CASL)- 2019 cohort.
Even though in diaspora, Prof. Katampe has always been interested in contributing
his experiences and expertise in various aspects of nation building working with the
following federal government establishments in various capacities:
Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON)- Standardizations of SON laboratories
and technologies for identification of substandard products
Ecological Fund Office of Nigeria- Technical Assistance to the Permanent
Secretary.
TETFund- Vice chair of adhoc committee for deepening R&D in Nigeria Tertiary
Institutions- Institutionalization of Innovative Research in TEI/Deputy Coordinator-Research and Development Standing Committee.

Curriculum Vita: Ibrahim Katampe
EDUCATION
• 2009: Masters Certificate: Emerging Leader: University of Dayton, School of
Business Administration, USA Center for Leadership and Executive
Development.
• 2000: Ph. D Organic Chemistry: The Open University, Milton Keynes, England
UK 1991: MPhil- Dept. of Colour Chemistry, University of Leeds, England, UK
(transferred towards the doctoral program)
• 1986: B.Sc Chemistry: Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Nigeria
GRANTS/AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
• 2019: United States Dept. of Agriculture/NIFA-CBG-co-PI.
• 2018: United States of Education-MSEIP Grant-Co-Project Director (3yrs)
• 2018: National Aeronautical Space Agency (NASA)- Faculty Research Fellow
• 2017: National Aeronautical Space Agency (NASA)- Faculty Research Fellow
• 2016: Academic Leadership Fellowship- SOCHE USA
• 2016: Department of Defense (DoD)-Instrumentation for Teaching and Research
for 3D manufacturing-Co PI (Grant)
• 2015: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) –Ag-Stem Institute:
Capacity Building Grant: Principal Investigator (Grant)
• 2013: Funded by NSF: Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering
and Computer Science (11-509): COLLABORATIVE RET Site – Inspiring The
Next Generation of a Highly-Skilled Workforce in Advanced Manufacturing and
Materials. Research Mentor
• 2012: Planet Africa Technology Award: African Scientist of the year (Canada)
• 2010: Montgomery County, Ohio Economic Development/Generating Excellence
(ED/GE) grant
• 2009: Soin Award for Innovation: Award for scientific innovation and
entrepreneurship by Dayton Area Chamber of commerce
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WORK EXPERIENCE
2018-Date: Professor /Asst. Director of Innovations and Technology Incubation,
Central State University
2015-2018: Chairman, Department of Natural Sciences Central State University
2015-2018 Associate Professor of Chemistry, Central State University
2010-2015: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Central State University
2011-2012: Technical Consultant: Standards Organizations of Nigeria (SON)
2005- 2010: President/CEO: Iya Technology Laboratories, Ohio
Led the development and commercialization of Innovative Eco-Chemical
products
2003-2005: Senior Development Chemist: Flint Ink North America Corporation,
USA.
2003-2004: Consultant: Digital Imaging and Printing: Eastman Kodak, Rochester,
USA
1996-2003: Senior Scientist/ Technical Manager: Cycolor Inc, Dayton Ohio, USA
1995-1996: Research Associate: Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA
1991-1994: Research Assistant/ Ph.D candidate: Department of Chemistry, The
Open University Milton Keynes, England, UK
1990-1991: Graduate Student: Dept. of Color Chemistry; The University of Leeds,
1987-1990: Graduate Assistant/ MSc Student: Dept. of Chemistry; Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria,
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/TECHNICAL PROCEEDINGS
• Pharmacognosy Journal 11 (4) 712-717 (2019): Evaluation of Antispasmodic
Effect of Arcapillin on Smooth Muscles of Rats; LF Abu-Niaaj, I Katampe, SS
Abdalla
• The FASEB Journal 33 (S1), 672.10-672.10(2019): The Pharmacological
Properties of Artemisia monosperma (Del.) LF Abu‐Niaaj, I Katampe, S Abdulla
• Pharmacognosy Journal. 2018;10(5):1018-23 Isolation and Characterization of
Flavones from Artemisia monosperma, Lubna Abu-Niaaj, Ibrahim Katampe
• Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences: 17(2): 1-12, 2018;
Article no. JAMPS.39382 ISSN: 2394-1111: Antioxidant and Antimicrobial
Effects of Aqueous and Ethanolic Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants from
Southern Nigeria; Ibrahim Katampe, Mercy Useh Uwem and Useh Uwem Jonah
• American Journal of Biological and Environmental Statistics. Vol. 4, No. 1, 2018,
pp. 31-41: Assessment of Medical Waste Generation at a Medical Center in Keffi
Metropolis; Useh Uwem Jonah, Lawal Habiba Muda, Useh Mercy Uwem, EtukUdo Godwin Akpan, Katampe Ibrahim
• American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), 2017; Paper ID#20519:
Use of Natural Products in Manufacturing Engineering Education at a Minoritybased Land-grant Institution
• Canadian. Journal of Chemistry: 2000, 78:11, (1479-1483): A.R. Bassindale, I.
Katampe and P. G. Taylor: Improved simple synthesis of cyclic sulfates from
trimethylsilyl chlorosulfonate.
• Tetrahedron Letters, Vol.40 issue 41, 1999, 7417–7420: A.R. Bassindale, I.
Katampe, M.G. Maesano, P. Patel, P.G. Taylor: Trimethylsilylsulfonyl chloride
as a source of sulfur trioxide a novel synthesis of sultones.
• J. Chem. Soc. Perkins Trans. I, 1996, 328-332: A. R. Bassindale, I. Katampe, P.
A. Kyle and P. G. Taylor: Reactions of a-trialkylvinylcarbanions with carbonyl
compounds: the relationship between product distribution and reactivity.
• Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 1996, 6, 899-902: M. Ho, B. A.
Wilson and I. Katampe: Adenine-Arginine mimetics as bisubstrate analog
inhibitors of cAMP-dependent Protein kinase