Dr. Ayọ̀kúnlé Ọlánrewájú was born in Sagamu, Nigeria. He attended Mayflower School Ikenne where he developed a love for all things math and science. He moved to Fort St John, Canada in high school and attended North Peace Secondary School. Subsequently, he received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. It was at the University of Alberta that he was first introduced to microfluidics & lab-on-a-chip devices with sci-fi inspired dreams of tricorder toolkits. He moved to Montréal to complete a PhD in Bioengineering focused on 3D-printing autonomous microfluidics for point-of-care diagnostic assays. To develop closer collaborations with clinicians and to connect with the people-driven essence of diagnostics development, he moved to the University of Washington (UW) for a postdoc focused on therapeutic monitoring of antiretroviral medications. He became an Acting Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department in June 2020 and started the Ọlánrewájú lab – jointly in the Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering departments – in January 2022.