Rita Esuru Okoroafor

Falling Walls Lab Global Young Academy

Texas A&M University

Rita Esuru Okoroafor

  • 2026
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  • Lab

Rita Esuru Okoroafor is an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, where she advances solutions for geological hydrogen, geothermal energy, carbon storage and underground energy storage. A former Principal Reservoir Engineer at Schlumberger and a Stanford-trained researcher, she combines experiments, modelling and artificial intelligence to develop scalable subsurface technologies for a sustainable energy future.