BIO

Overview

Othman Al Musaimi is a Research Associate at the Department of Chemical Engineering-Imperial College London. His research interests focus on developing synthetic, separation, and purification methodologies for therapeutic peptide entities. Currently, he is working on expanding the hydrophobicity index of amino acids and delivering blood-brain barrier shuttle peptides to target brain-related diseases.

Othman has attained his Ph.D. in the Pharmaceutical Chemistry discipline, from the University of Kwazulu-Natal - South Africa under the supervision of Prof. Fernando Albericio and Prof. Beatriz G. de la Torre.

Othman has joined Imperial College London on the 4th of May 2021.

Research interests

Peptide synthesis
Peptide separation & purification
Analytical & Bioanalytical LC/LCMS methods
Green Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Stability studies

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Teaching Assistant
    University of Hail, Chemistry, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia1 Sep 2009 - 1 Sep 2017
  • Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry
    Newcastle University, School of Pharmacy, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom11 Sep 2023 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Kwazulu Natal, Chemistry, South Africa1 Apr 2020 - 1 Apr 2021
  • Research Collaborator
    Purolite Ltd, Life Sciences, United Kingdom1 Apr 2019 - 15 Apr 2019
  • Senior Supervisor
    Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Analytical Research, Jordan21 Aug 2002 - 1 Sep 2009
  • Vice President
    Orthogonal Peptides Limited, United Kingdom18 Jun 2025 - present

DEGREES

  • Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Chemistry
    University of Kwazulu Natal, Westville, South Africa13 Jul 2017 - 2 Mar 2020
  • MSc. Analytical Chemistry
    University of Jordan, Jordan1 Oct 2005 - 1 Feb 2008

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Arabic
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Engineering

POSITION NAME

  • Honorary Research Fellow

FIELDS OF RESEARCH