Dr. Dimeji Onafuwa is a Nigerian-American designer, researcher, artist, and educator with combined experience in UX design and research, transition design, service design, and social design. He has worked in various capacities - from UX consultant to researcher and design leader. He currently leads a UX research team at Microsoft.

Dimeji earned a Ph.D. in Design from Carnegie Mellon University. While at CMU, his research study sought to understand commons-based approaches to user experience. During his doctoral study, he worked with collectives to understand how platforms enable resource negotiation. Dimeji also holds an MBA in management and BAs in design and painting.

Dimeji co-founded Common Cause Collective, an interdisciplinary group of designers exploring transition design methodologies for social impact in the Pacific Northwest. He has published papers, written book chapters on design for the common good, delivered several keynote addresses and led workshops on design's role in social justice.