Titilayo Shodiya, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
2010
Program Manager, National Voluntary Lab Accreditation Program (NVLAP) at The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for Calibration Laboratories
Titilayo Shodiya, Ph.D., is from Upper Marlboro, MD. Titi received her bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering with a concentration in electronic and photonic materials and a minor in mathematics from Penn State in 2010. She received a master’s in electrical and computer engineering in 2012 and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and materials science in 2015 from Duke University. In 2017, she started her post-doc in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor which was funded by the Department of Defense and Dow Chemical. Shodiya is currently in the International Standards Policy and Conformity Assessment Groups at The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, where she provides technical information related to standards and conformity assessment internationally.
Throughout her career, Shodiya has been an active mentor and has started initiatives to encourage women and underrepresented minorities to pursue STEM degrees and careers. In those efforts, she co-founded MegaOhm Media LLC, and she co-hosts the critically acclaimed podcast Dope Labs, which discusses how science intersects with pop culture. Dope Labs has been nominated for three Webby Awards, included in Essence Magazine’s 2019 Woke 100 list, and one of the top 10 science podcasts on Spotify. Her work on the podcast has garnered attention from Gail King, Missy Elliot, and Michelle Obama. She has also co-hosted two seasons of the award-winning podcast Dissect, a serialized podcast that analyzes music albums. Her work on the season dedicated to Beyonce’s Lemonade visual album was named one of the 50 best podcasts in 2020 by The Atlantic. She has dedicated her career to using her skills as a materials scientist and mechanical engineer to influence scientific spaces, popular culture, and beyond.