Engineering theinvisible.Detecting what others miss.
I'm Dr Osarenkhoe Ogbeide, a Royal Society Career Development Fellow & Early Career Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge building next generation nanoengineered gas sensing platforms.
Based At
University of Cambridge
Current Title
Royal Society Career Development Fellow
>$1M
RESEARCH FUNDING
8
Peer-reviewed papers
950+
Citations
h-6
Google Scholar index
About
Ascientistbuildingsensorsthatseewhatwebreathe.
I'm a Royal Society Career Development Fellow at the University of Cambridge Engineering Department, and an Early Career Research Fellow at Churchill College.
My research designs printable, nanoengineered gas sensors sensitive enough to detect pollution at ultra-low concentrations and cheap enough to be deployed at scale for high resolution environmental monitoring.
I'm also a founder, builder and entrepreneur — translating deep-tech research into ventures through Cambridge Judge Business School's EnterpriseTECH, the Maxwell Centre's Impulse programme, and the FoundersSync community at Cambridge University. I care about turning lab breakthroughs into real world products.
Outside the lab I run an independent comic studio, New Africa Comics.
2025 →
Royal Society Career Development Fellow
University of Cambridge
Fewer than 10 awarded across the UK each year.
2025
FoundersSync 1.0 Beta
Founder & Builder Community
Selected participant in the inaugural FoundersSync cohort connecting early-stage technical founders.
2025
Impulse Programme
Maxwell Centre, University of Cambridge
Deep-tech entrepreneurship accelerator translating science into venture-ready commercial opportunities.
2025
EnterpriseTECH
Cambridge Judge Business School
Hands-on technology venture creation programme — building, validating and pitching deep-tech businesses.
2023 →
Stipendiary Early Career Research Fellow
Churchill College, University of Cambridge
Nanoengineered smart gas sensors for enhanced air-quality monitoring.
2018 — 2023
PhD in Engineering
University of Cambridge
Inkjet Printed Graphene-Based Smart Gas Sensors. EPSRC + Industry (Alphasense Ltd) funded.
2012 — 2016
M.Sci Interdisciplinary Science
University of Leicester
Production and characterisation of nanoparticles using liquid jets in vacuum.
Research
Next-gensensors.Real-worldimpact.
Inkjet-printed graphene and 2D-material sensors for ultra-sensitive air-quality monitoring
CURRENT LAB
Cambridge Graphene Centre · Electrical Engineering Division
My research designs printable, nanoengineered gas sensors — combining inkjet-printed graphene and 2D materials with machine learning to detect harmful pollutants like NO₂ and formaldehyde at low parts-per-billion concentrations.
The goal: a future where everyone has access to the data they need to understand and respond to the environments they live in — from cleaner air in residential buildings, to early disease detection in healthcare, to smarter, more resilient agriculture.
Publications
Eightpapers.Over950citations.
- 2026
Fractal-Inspired Inkjet-Printed Gas Sensor Arrays for Enhanced Formaldehyde Detection
Small (Invited)
- 2025
Stabiliser Free, Low Solvent Waste Exfoliation of 2D-materials for Printed Memristors
Cell Reports Physical Science 6 (9)
doi: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.10279 - 2022
Inkjet-Printed rGO/binary Metal Oxide Sensor for Predictive Gas Sensing in a Mixed Environment
Advanced Functional Materials 32 (25)
doi: 10.1002/adfm.202113348 - 2022
100 m min⁻¹ Industrial-Scale Flexographic Printing of Graphene-Incorporated Conductive Ink
Advanced Engineering Materials 24 (5)
doi: 10.1002/adem.202101217 - 2021
Printed aerogels: Chemistry, processing, and applications
Chemical Society Reviews 50 (6)
doi: 10.1039/c9cs00757a - 2020
- 2020
Machine-intelligent inkjet-printed α-Fe₂O₃/rGO towards NO₂ quantification in ambient humidity
Sensors and Actuators B 321
doi: 10.1016/J.SNB.2020.128446 - 2019
Inkjet-printed CMOS-integrated graphene–metal oxide sensors for breath analysis
npj 2D Materials and Applications 3 (1)
doi: 10.1038/s41699-019-0125-3
Awards & funding
Backedbyleadinginstitutions.
Finalist · Postdoc Venture Creation Challenge, IE Cambridge
Top Prize · University of Cambridge-UC Berkeley Winton-Kavli Exchange Symposium
Best Poster & Small 20th Anniversary Prize · E-MRS Spring
Henry Royce Institute Internship Funding
Cambridge Philosophical Society Travel Grant
NanoDTC Associates Funding
Early Career Research Fellowship · Churchill College
EPSRC Doctoral Studentship
Beyond the lab
Storiesdrawnininkandimagination.
Alongside my research, I run New Africa Comics — an independent studio creating bold, character-driven stories rooted in African mythology, futurism, and culture.
Visit newafricacomics.com
Contact
Let'scollaborate.
I welcome conversations about research collaborations, invited talks, mentorship, and science communication.