Hi! 👋🏾

I'm Tobi.
👨🏻‍🎓 I'm a Biomedical Engineering PhD candidate at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIChicago).
💌  I live in the intersection of healthcare, tech and big questions.
💌  I'm into non-linear opportunities, things that don't make sense at first but end up changing everything.
💌  I think in patterns, build across disciplines, and love connecting with people who see the world differently.  

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The Pressure of Academic Success: Personal Reflections on Deception and the Pursuit of Perfection

“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth” - Joseph Goebbels

Experience the Extraordinary: A Unique Blend of NarrativesTobiloba Adejumo

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Current Read 📚

1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds - Charles Mackay
2. From Third World to First: The Singapore Story - Lee Kuan Yew
3. Think and Grow Rich - Napolean Hill

Latest News 📰

• [Paper] (2025/06/05) Our work on Doppler OCT verifies pulsation-induced anisotropic vessel lumen dynamics in the human retina is now published in Optics Letters!
• [Graduation] (2025/05/21) Dissertation submitted and officially graduated from UIC! Next chapter awaits :)
• [Presentation] (2025/01/28) I presented our work on functional OCT reveals anisotropic vessel pulsatility in human retinas at Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) conference in San Francisco!
• [Paper] (2024/12/05) Our work on High dynamic range widefield fundus photography with transcranial illumination: a contrast agent-free method for non-mydriatic choroidal imaging is now published in Biomedical Optics Express!
• [Paper] (2024/09/25) Our work on OCTA-ReVA: an open-source toolbox for comprehensive retinal vessel feature analysis in optical coherence tomography angiography is now published in Biomedical Optics Express!
• [Paper] (2024/03/14) Our work on Intrinsic signal optoretinography of photoreceptor hyperexcitability associated with Alzheimer’s disease in the 3xTg-AD mice is now published in Optics Letters!
• [Paper] (2024/03/12) Our work on High-resolution retinal phase gradient imaging using line-scanning laser ophthalmoscopy is now published in SPIE Ophthalmic Technologies XXXIV!
• [Award] (2024/04/29) Woohoo... I have been selected to receive the 2023-2024 College of Engineering Exceptional Research Promise Award!
• [Award] (2024/03/23) I won 2nd place at the Toastmasters division level contest for the international speech category! Congratulations to Somya Bhagwagar and Coach Lee Hopkins for their stellar performance.
• [Award] (2024/03/08) I won the 3rd place in oral presentation at UIC Biomedical Engineering 6th Annual Research Symposium for our work on adaptive vessel tracing and segmentation for wall-to-lumen ratio abnormalities in 5xFAD mice.
• [Professional] (2024/02/25) Even more exciting news! I won the area contest! This grants me the incredible opportunity to deliver my speech and represent UIC-COE Toastmasters Club at the upcoming division contest!
• [Professional] (2024/02/12) Exciting News! I have the privilege of representing the UIC-COE Toastmasters Club at the area level competition, participating in the International Speech category!
• [Paper] (2024/02/09) Our work on Deep learning-based optical coherence tomography angiography image construction using spatial vascular connectivity network is now published in Nature Communications Engineering!
• [Professional] (2024/01/20) I officially volunteer as a mentor at America Needs You! I wish I didn’t have to do this again, but I’m too grateful to be silent. Grateful for the opportunity to mentor college students. Feels me with so much joy because in teaching others, we teach ourselves!
• [Presentation] (2024/01/28) I presented our work on adaptive vessel tracing and segmentation for wall-to-lumen ratio analysis at Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) conference in San Francisco!
• [Professional] (2024/01/12) I officially volunteer as a tutor at Tutoring Chicago! I wish I didn’t have to do this again, but I’m too grateful to be silent. Grateful for the opportunity to tutor kids, interact with them and help with their homework. Feels me with so much joy!!!
• [Blog] (2023/12/28) My interview with Xiaohui Zhang titled: A Visionary's Journey: Xiaohui Zhang on Bridging AI and Neuroimaging is out! Read here
• [Paper] (2023/12/01) Our work on Adaptive vessel tracing and segmentation in OCT enables the robust detection of wall-to-lumen ratio abnormalities in 5xFAD mice is now published in Biomedical Optics Express!
• [Blog] (2023/11/24) My book review titled The Third Door: The Mindset of Success by Alex Banayan is out!
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Favorite blogs

• Terence Tao
• Paul Graham
• Derek Sivers
• Ali Abdaal
• Nandita Bhaskhar
• Elizabeth Filips
• Linus Lee
• Patrick J. Mineault

Favorite Quote

“When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.”  – Abraham Joshua Heschel.