Dr. Chowdhury Faiz Hossain

• Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Ph.D.), Chiba University, Japan (April 1991 – March 1994)
• Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Japan (Oct 1988 – March 1991)
• Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honors), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (June 1982 – Oct 1987)
• Higher Secondary Certificate, Notre Dame College (1981)
• Secondary School Certificate, Mohammadpur Government High School (1979)

Chowdhury Faiz Hossain is currently a Professor of the Department of Pharmacy at East West University. He earned his Bachelor of Pharmacy at Dhaka University in 1987, Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1991, and Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1994 at Chiba University, Japan. In his Ph.D., he discovered a series of novel natural products processing selective monoamine-B inhibitory activity from a fungus, Monascas Lanka.

After completing his doctorate, he accepted a position as a Research Scientist at the Department of Pharmacognosy of the National Institute of Health Science (NIHS), Japan, where he worked for three years. In 1996, he joined as an Assistant Professor of the Pharmacy Department of Dhaka University and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2000. In the same year, he went to the National Center for Natural Products Research (NCNPR) of the University of Mississippi, USA, as Visiting Scientist, where he worked till the end of 2005. He worked there with Frederick A.P. Barnard Distinguished Professor Alice Clark’s research group. Dr. Hossain was instrumental in several federally funded anticancer research projects at the University of Mississippi. He discovered and characterized several series of new anti-tumor agents that selectively block the hypoxia-inducible survival factor known as HIF-1 in breast tumor cells. His research yielded two US patents with several peer-reviewed publications. One of his articles about the discovery of Laurenditerpenol in the Journal of Natural Products was considered the best manuscript published in the year 2004 and received the Jack L. Beal Award by the American Society of Pharmacognosy. Dr. Hossain also discovered a series of dilignans, known as manassantins, from an aquatic plant as the most potent inhibitor of HIF-1α ever known to date.

After returning from the USA, Dr. Hossain joined as an Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Pharmacy at the Manarat International University in March 2006. Soon he was promoted to Professor in June 2006. In January 2009, he joined East West University as Professor. Here he served the university in several different capacities, as Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and Engineering for two and a half years, as Chairperson of the Department of Pharmacy for six years, Member of the Syndicate of the university for two and a half year, members of the Financial Committee of this university for two years and as Member of Academic Council for ten years.

Prof. Hossain received a Certificate of Excellence in recognition of his outstanding academic research contribution in 2009 from East West University. And he also received Bangladesh Education Leadership Awards 2019 as Best Professor in Pharmacy Studies by World Education Congress.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• Characterized the first and novel marine product from brown algae that inhibit Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α (HIF-Iα) activation. (U.S. Patent No. 7,375,132)
• Purified and characterized the most potent bioactive compounds known to date from an aquatic plant that inhibit HIF-1α activation (U.S. Patent application No. 20090137664).
• Isolated the first marine product from a sponge that inhibits multidrug resistance (MDR) efflux pumps in resistant fungi.
• Characterized selective anticyanobacterial agents from marine algae.
• Identified a series of novel compounds and new selective Monoamine Oxidase B (MAO-B) inhibitors form fungal metabolites.
• Received an award of Distinguish Faculty Research from East West University.
• Acknowledged as one of the Top Tier Reviewers of the Journal of Natural Products of American Chemical Society.

Dr. Hossain is an academician and scientist with 24 years of experience in teaching and research. Exceptional track record of productivity. Contributed to various therapeutic projects that delivered successful new drug candidates.  Experience in facilitating multiple collaborations to evaluate and implement cutting-edge technologies in Natural Products Drug Discoveries. Conducted more than 18 years of graduate and undergraduate courses at the university level in Medicinal Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy, etc., and supervised graduate students in their research.

• Professor (Jan 15, 2009 ~ date), Department of Pharmacy, East West University
• Chairperson (July 11, 2017 ~ February 28, 2022), Department of Pharmacy, East West University
• Member of the Finance Committee of EWU (December 24, 2018 – to date)
• Chairperson (June 24, 2013 ~July 02, 2015), Department of Pharmacy, East West University
• Dean (Aug 19,  2010 ~ Feb 07, 2013), Faculty of Sciences and Engineering, East West University
• Member of the Syndicate of EWU (Sept 19, 2010 ~ Feb 07, 2013), East West University
• Chairperson (May 11, 2009 ~ Aug 18, 2010), Department of Pharmacy, East West University
• Professor and Head (May 06, 2006 ~ Jan 14, 2009), Department of Pharmacy, Manarat Int. University
• Dean (March 01, 2008 ~ Jan 14, 2009), Faculty of Science and Technology, Manarat Int. University
• Associate Professor and Head (March 06, 2006 ~ May 05, 2006), Department of Pharmacy, Manarat Int. University
• Associate Research Scientist (March 01, 2004 ~ Dec 31, 2005), School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, USA
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Oct 16, 2001 ~ Feb 28, 2004), National Center of Natural Product Research, University of Mississippi, USA
• Visiting Scientist (Nov 13, 2000 ~ Oct 15, 2001), National Center of Natural Product Research, University of Mississippi, USA
• Associate Professor (Nov 07, 2000 ~ Feb 28, 2004) (on leave from Nov 13, 2000), Department of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka
• Assistant Professor (Aug 19, 1996 ~ Nov 06, 2000), Department of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka
• Fellow of Human Science Foundation (April 01, 1995 ~ Aug 18, 1996), National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
• Fellow of Science and Technology Agency (March 28, 1994 ~ March 27, 1995), National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

• Discovery of drug leads from Natural Products

• Development of High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic (HPLC) methods for analysis

• Ethno-pharmacology and 

• Phytochemistry

Certificate of Excellence in recognition of his outstanding academic research contribution in 2009 from East West University

• Best Professor in Pharmacy Studies by World Education Congress
• One US patent was granted for a novel marine natural product from a marine organism as a potent HIF inhibitor
• One international patent on discovering the most potent HIF inhibitor (can be a potential anti-cancer drug candidate) known to date.

• PHRM103 (1-43).pdf

• Member of Americal Chemical Society (ACS)

• Member of Phytochemical Society of Europe

• Member of Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Society