DrOthman Almusaimi
Honorary Research Fellow
Department of Chemical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
Orcid identifier0000-0003-2421-1825 (opens in a new tab)
- Honorary Research FellowDepartment of Chemical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- 020 7594 6227 (Work)
- 438, Bone Building, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
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
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 AssistantUniversity of Hail, Chemistry, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia1 Sep 2009 - 1 Sep 2017
- Lecturer in Medicinal ChemistryNewcastle University, School of Pharmacy, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom11 Sep 2023 - present
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Postdoctoral FellowUniversity of Kwazulu Natal, Chemistry, South Africa1 Apr 2020 - 1 Apr 2021
- Research CollaboratorPurolite Ltd, Life Sciences, United Kingdom1 Apr 2019 - 15 Apr 2019
- Senior SupervisorHikma Pharmaceuticals, Analytical Research, Jordan21 Aug 2002 - 1 Sep 2009
- Vice PresidentOrthogonal Peptides Limited, United Kingdom18 Jun 2025 - present
DEGREES
- Ph.D., Pharmaceutical ChemistryUniversity of Kwazulu Natal, Westville, South Africa13 Jul 2017 - 2 Mar 2020
- MSc. Analytical ChemistryUniversity of Jordan, Jordan1 Oct 2005 - 1 Feb 2008
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- ArabicCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
FACULTY
- Faculty of Engineering
POSITION NAME
- Honorary Research Fellow