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Babatunde A. Ogunnaike is the William L. Friend Professor of chemical engineering at the University of Delaware. He received the B.Sc. degree (Chemical Engineering) from the University of Lagos, Nigeria; the M.S. degree, (Statistics) and the Ph.D. degree (Chemical Engineering) both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests revolve around understanding the dynamic behavior of complex systems through mathematical modeling and analysis, and then exploiting this understanding for novel designs and improved operation. Specific systems of interest range from polymer reactors to cellular and physiological biological processes. He is the author or co-author of four books including Process Dynamics, Modeling and Control, and Random Phenomena: Fundamentals of Probability and Statistics for Engineers. His awards include the 2007 ISA Eckman Award, and the 2008 AACC Control Engineering Practice Award. He is a 2009 fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and elected fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering (2012), and of the US National Academy of Inventors (2014). He is a 2016 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a 2017 fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). He was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2012.