Dr Hamid Merchant wearing a suit, blue shirt and a blue tie

Dr Hamid Merchant

Head of Department for Bioscience

Head of Department

Pharmaceutical Formulations and Product Development

Department of Bioscience , School Of Health, Sport And Bioscience

Dr Merchant is the Head of Department for Bioscience at the University of East London. He is a pharmaceutical scientist with experience in drug delivery and product development in industry and academia.

Before joining UEL, Hamid worked for the University of Huddersfield (2013-2023), University College London (2011-2013), and Abbott Laboratories Ltd (2002-2007), where he had various leadership roles.

Qualifications

  • BPharm
  • MPharm
  • PGCHE
  • PhD

Areas Of Interest

Formulation design, biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, bioavailability, bioequivalence, vaccines, medicine quality.

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