Nnaoma is a first year master's student at St. Louis University pursing a Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering. He obtained his B.S. in Bioengineering with an emphasis in Medical devices with a minor in Mechanical engineering from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA. After working in the medical device industry for a year and a half, he decided to return to focus on developing a research and development background. His research focuses on a steerable cannula design for laser ablation therapies for brain tumors.

Projects

Steerable Guide for Neurosurgery

Publications:

N. Agwu, K. Deprow, J. E. Williams, E.C. Leuthardt, and J. L. Gorlewicz. A curved port delivery system for laser interstitial thermal therapy of brain tumors. ASME Design of Medical Devices Conference, April 2019.