Satyajit D. Sarker BPharm, MPharm, PhD, FHEA

Prof Satya Sarker obtained BPharm (Hons) and MPharm (postgraduate) degrees from the University of Dhaka, and secured first class first position in order of merit in both programmes. He completed his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Strathclyde, under the supervision of one of the pioneers in phytochemistry research in the UK, Professor Peter G Waterman, and also Professor Alexander I Gray.

He is a Professor of Pharmacy and has been the Director of the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences at the Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) since 2013, and providing strategic, operational, financial, academic and research leadership to the School. Prof Sarker is also the Head of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Porducts Research Group within the school. Prior to the current post, he had worked as a Professor of Pharmacy, Deputy Head of Pharmacy and Pharmacy Research Group Leader at the University of Wolverhampton during 2008-2013.