Banadda, Noble is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at Makerere University in Uganda. ^[1] He was born in Kampala, Uganda. ^[1]

Noble became interested in science by observing medical doctors in their white lab coats. He wanted to be like them and this began a journey into science, though he ended up in a different field. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Food Science and Technology from the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania, Master's degree in Processing Engineering and his Doctorate Degree in Chemical Engineering at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. He also followed postdoctoral professional training at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Banadda’s area of research is bio-processing engineering specifically mathematic modeling of biological systems and interactions. The ability to predict what is bound to happen based on current biological observations before it happens is very important for prevention and control especially in countries that lack the resources to contain outbreaks. Noble has researched and (co-) published works in the domain of bio-systems engineering. Noble has led a team that has pioneered the first ever farmer-based low cost multiple purpose vehicle in Uganda.

In 2015, Noble was honored as young scientist at the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China. In 2013, he was inaugurated as the youngest fellow of Uganda National Academy of Sciences and the only person to qualify to be in both the young and senior academy in Uganda. Noble is currently the interim president of Uganda Young Academy. Noble was also named a fellow of the Global Young Academy in 2013. In 2007, he won the Cochran Fellowship to do postdoctoral professional studies in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.