Adaku Agwunobi

Dr Adaku Jennifer Agwunobi is a Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Engineering Science, working on orthopaedic clinical tooling. She was the first Black doctoral researcher to obtain a PhD at Loughborough University London, where her PhD focused on the well-being of Black entrepreneurs. She has two Masters degrees: an MSc Health Economics and MSc Marketing (with Distinction). Additionally, her first degree was BSc (Hons) Economics.

In addition to her academic research, Adaku is an entrepreneur, recently winning an Oxford Hub Social Enterprise Award for her tech-savvy natural hair care and wellness brand called ‘hairgoals’.