• Over 21 years of research and teaching experience (including online) at various colleges and universities.
• Over 7 years of industrial experience including consultations.
• Proven leadership skills in education, research & development. Mentored and trained PharmD and Ph.D. students in my lab and secured funding (both internal and external) to sustain independent research.
• Published 142 peer-reviewed articles including, 87 journal publications, 2 book chapters, 1 textbook, 1 US patent, and 51 oral/poster presentations (national and international conferences).
• Published a text book: Osakwe, O.; Rizvi, S. A. A. “Social Aspects of Drug Discovery, Development and Commercialization”, 2016, Academic Press, ISBN: 9780128022207, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
• Has been cited over 1850 times, with an h-index of 23, and i10-index of 37 (July 2018).
• Serve on various university administrative committees to further and enhance the institution’s plans and vision.
• Serve on the Editorial and expert boards of 70 different journals (in various capacities) and review manuscripts and books for 103 well known scientific publications (journals and books).
• Ionic liquid (IL) formation and cocrystallization of the pharmaceutical compounds to tailor the drug properties.
• Nano and micro-encapsulation of the drugs for targeting and controlled release.
• Multistep synthesis of small organic molecules.
• Pharmaceutical formulation development (solid and liquid).
• Pharmaceutical analysis (method development and forensic applications) using various analytical methods.
• Design and synthesis of novel monomeric and polymeric surfactants for separation of chiral and achiral compounds in micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC).
• Method development and validation for separations of achiral and chiral compounds utilizing MEKC-UV/MS and HPLC-UV/MS.
• Other extensively used instruments: capillary electrophoresis (CE), gas chromatography- mass spectroscopy (GC-MS), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), infrared spectroscopy (IR), Raman spectroscopy, ultraviolet spectroscopy (UV), matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight- mass spectroscopy (MALDI-TOF-MS) and fluorescence spectroscopy.
• Application of cryogenic high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (Cryo-HRSEM) for characterization of polymeric surfactants.
• Natural Products Isolation, characterization and pharmacology of compounds from fungal metabolites and medicinal plants; isolation of fragrant compounds; and biotransformation of pharmacologically active compounds using microbial whole cultures.