Part time Lecturer and Product Development Officer

I am a self-driven, enthusiastic, and passionate pharmaceutical scientist specializing in medicinal product formulation and manufacturing innovations. My definite major purpose is to transform the pharmaceutical science institutions/schools in Uganda as major drivers of world-class pharmaceutical product innovations and development of robust manufacturing systems in Africa, through high-impact research and training of highly skilled generations of pharmaceutical scientists. General Skills: Excellent at transferring knowledge and skills to a group of people through practical demonstrations and presentations (strong pedagogical skills). Extraordinary ability to accommodate harsh conditions and persevere in difficult situations to excel and realize goals especially when most people are giving up. Excellent at organization and design of facilities/ equipment from scratch or little information available. I also can critically analyze/ screen ideas and develop promising ones into tangible products or proposals that are capable of attracting funding. Specialized Areas: Selection of the best plants/herbs for the next stage of product development based on literature review; Evaluation of physicochemical properties of herbal extracts; interpretation and utilization of the properties profiled from preformulation studies for pharmaceutical dosage form selection and design, optimization of product critical quality attributes using Quality by Design (QbD) approach, conversion of efficacious active components/ crude extracts either synthetic or natural in to world-class medicines; design and optimization of manufacturing processes or systems for a new product; development of quality control parameters or specifications for new products and conduct of such analysis; generation and analysis of laboratory data (including in vitro dissolution data and its use to predict bioavailability and establish pharmaceutical equivalence); development of pharmaceutical excipients; handling of laboratory animals such as mice and rats in ethical manner, and ability to perform basic procedures such as administration of test samples, drawing of blood or other samples from the animals for further analysis; and other related areas. Languages: English (Proficient user both written and spoken), Lugbara (mother tongue)