Soni Oyekan

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Dr. Soni Olufemi Oyekan (1946 - ) is a U.S citizen and chemical engineer who has been active for over 29 years in the field of crude oil refining. Soni's involvement in the chemical engineering profession is notable through his extensive volunteer and leadership roles in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE and in his numerous contributions with respect to the efficient use of catalysis in the processing of crude oil to meet consumer demands for transportation fuel, heating oil, and propane and butane gases. In AIChE, Soni held a variety of positions including chair of Fuels and Petrochemicals Division, director in the AIChE Executive Board, member of the AIChE Foundation Board of Trustees and chair of several committees. He is a Fellow of the AIChE. Soni came to the United States in 1966 from his homeland of Nigeria and earned his bachelors degree from Yale University in 1970. He subsequently went on to obtain his Masters degree (1972) and Ph.D (1977) from Carnegie Mellon University in chemical engineering. He currently resides in the New Orleans, Louisiana area.