His research interests include modeling the effects of human airway anatomy on respiratory airflow patterns, deposition of inhaled gases and particle transport using computational fluid dynamics. Before joining Duke in September 2013, Dr. Frank-Ito was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He received his B.S in Statistics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria; M.S in Mathematics from Youngstown State University; while at North Carolina State University doing his Ph.D., Dr. Frank-Ito received another Master degree in Operations Research prior to obtaining a Ph.D. in Mathematics.