A brilliant 22-year-old man named Tayo Sanders II has been awarded the prestigious United Kingdom Rhodes Scholarship to study for his master’s degree at the University of Oxford.
Tayo obtained his bachelor’s degree in Materials Science at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, in the United States. He was awarded the United Kingdom’s Rhodes Trust Scholarship which will see him earn a Phd without a master’s degree.
Tayo is a first-generation student(first graduate in his family) who will be studying for a doctorate in Biomedical Engineering for three years at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
He also added that he will be studying flexible electronics enabled by novel materials and new manufacturing techniques as part of his research.
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The Rhodes Trust Scholarship at the Univesity of Oxford grants successful candidates a full tuition waiver plus a living stipend of £17,310 per annum to earn their postgraduate degree.For more information on how to apply for the Rhodes Scholarship HERE.
Tayo had always wanted to be a scientist according to his university’s website. He was captivated by “The Magic School Bus,” an animated series featuring a fictional elementary school class that took field trips on an anthropomorphic bus to impossible places like the solar system, the human body, and the past.
He said plans to make renewable energy more affordable for the average person, a goal he will make possible as a Rhodes Scholar. Tayo said he will research solar cells at Oxford University as part of his doctorate studies.
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“It’s an area that needs more focus. If we can drive the price of solar cells down and make them more economical, it’s a step we should take sooner rather than later,” he said.
Tayo mentioned that his achievement is a prove that anyone can succeed with the right support system in place being the first in his family to ever graduate and win a scholarship.
“I think it’s a testament to my institution and the fact that there are great people everywhere. I’ve worked hard, but there were people here supporting me,” he said.
While a student, Tayo became a published researcher in nanotechnology, a young field that draws from multiple disciplines such as chemistry and physics to manipulate individual atoms and molecules.
“It is truly another world when you get to the nanoscale. Nanoscience is the biggest expanse to explore,” he said. He also won a Goldwater Scholarship and has conducted research in the nanomaterials laboratory at the University of Strasbourg in France.Â
He is a triathlete and was co-captain of the University of Wiscosin-Eau Claire triathlon team. He not only participated in the Honors Program, he co-taught a section of Honors 100, the seminar for first-year students in the program.
Tayo hopes to someday emulate his experience with his profess, and perhaps return to the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire as a professor. He said if he had picked a major other than science, it would have been education.
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