Author Biography

Dr Solomon Habtemariam received his BSc degree in Biology (minor – Chemistry) from the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and his master’s degree (combined studies) in Pharmacology and Phytochemistry from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. He stayed on at Strathclyde, carrying out drug discovery research, and obtained his PhD in Pharmaceutical Science. After several years in teaching and post-doctoral research at the Strathclyde Institute for Drug Research and University of Strathclyde, he joined the School of Science, University of Greenwich, in September 1998, since when he has been a leader of taught programmes and research on bioassays and natural products-based drug development. The various research projects that he has undertaken include the identification of novel compounds of mainly natural origin but also synthetic sources with potential, antimicrobial, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, and antiobesity properties, among others. As a Director of Herbal Analysis Services UK, which he established to serve as a global collaboration forum for research, Dr Habtemariam has published more than 250 scientific publications and filed over three families of patents. He is the author of a book entitled The African and Arabian Moringa Species: Chemistry Bioactivity and Therapeutic Applications. His most comprehensive self-authored books also include Medicinal Foods as Potential Therapies for Type-2 Diabetes and Associated Diseases: The Chemical and Pharmacological Basis of Their Action. Details of his research activities and publications are available via the website http://www.herbalanalysis.co.uk. With a distinguished pharmacological and analytical/medicinal chemistry background, Dr Habtemariam has decades of experience in teaching life science students (pharmaceutical, biological, forensic, biomedical, etc.) various topics including basic organic chemistry, instrumental/analytical methods, and pharmacology.