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)

• Dr. Chowdhury Faiz Hossain is a highly accomplished academic and researcher in pharmacy. He is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacy at East West University.
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• After graduating with a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Dhaka University in 1987, he pursued his academic journey at the Chiba University of Japan. He obtained his Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences degrees in 1991 and 1994, respectively. During his doctoral studies, he made a significant discovery by identifying a series of novel small-molecule Natural-Products with selective monoamine-B inhibitory activity from a fungus, Monascas anka.
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Prof. Hossain was awarded a prestigious fellowship from the Science and Technology Agency (STA) of the Japanese government in 1994 and placed at the National Institute of Health Science (NIHS) in Japan to complete his post-doctoral studies. Later in 1995, he was also awarded a Human Science Foundation post-doctoral fellowship for three years.  

In 1996, he embarked on a teaching career as an Assistant Professor in the Pharmacy Department at Dhaka University, later being promoted to Associate Professor in 2000.

In the same year, he was invited to work as a Visiting Scientist at the National Center for Natural Products Research (NCNPR) of the University of Mississippi, USA, where he collaborated with well-renowned F.A.P. Barnard Distinguished Professor Alice M. Clark’s research group. During his tenure in the USA, Prof. Hossain made seminal contributions to federally funded anticancer research projects, pioneering the discovery and characterization of novel antitumor agents that effectively inhibit the hypoxia-inducible survival factor (HIF-1) in breast tumor cells. Dr. Hossain discovered a series of dineolignans, manassantins, from an aquatic plant that are the most potent inhibitors of HIF-1α known to date.

 Notably, he unveiled a potent series of dineolignans, manassantins, from an aquatic plant, marking an unparalleled advancement in HIF-1α inhibitor research. His research was underscored by two US patents and numerous peer-reviewed publications, with one receiving the Jack L. Beal Award by the American Society of Pharmacognosy for being the best manuscript published in 2004 in the flagship journal, the Journal of Natural Products.

After returning from the USA, Dr. Hossain joined Manarat International University as an Associate Professor and Head of the Department in March 2006. He became a full Professor in June 2006. In January 2009, he joined East West University as a Professor. Throughout his tenure at the university, he has served in various capacities, including Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and Engineering for two and a half years, Chairperson of the Department of Pharmacy for seven and a half years, and as a member of the Syndicate and Finance Committee for two and a half years, respectively. He has also been a member of EWU Academic Council for the last 17 years. Prof. Hossain received a Certificate of Excellence from East West University in 2009 in recognition of his outstanding academic and research contributions. He was honored with the Bangladesh Education Leadership Award in 2019, recognizing him as the Best Professor in Pharmacy Studies by the World Education Congress. Additionally, in 2025, he received East West University’s Faculty-Level Best Researcher Award as the top-ranked researcher in the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

Prof. Hossain is currently working on natural-products-based drug discovery for non- alcoholic steatohepatitis from medicinal plants of Bangladesh. His contributions to new drug discovery and extensive research experience make him a respected figure in the field.

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 boasts an extensive background as both an academician and a scientist, encompassing 28 years of dedicated involvement in teaching and research. 

A consistent record of exceptional productivity underscores their remarkable history. Dr. Hossain has been pivotal in numerous therapeutic projects that delivered successful new drug candidates. He is experienced in facilitating multiple collaborations to evaluate and implement cutting-edge technologies in Natural-Product Drug Discoveries. Throughout his career, Dr. Hossain has imparted knowledge through over 30 years of teaching graduate and undergraduate courses at the university level in Medicinal Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy, etc., and supervised graduate students in their research. 

• 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
  Visiting Scientist (Nov 13, 2000 ~ Oct 15, 2001)	National Center of Natural Product Research, University of Mississippi, USA
  Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Oct 16, 2001 ~ Feb 28, 2004)	National Center of Natural Product Research, University of Mississippi, USA
  Research Scientist (March 01, 2004 ~ Dec 31, 2005)	School of Pharmacy, 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
  Postdoc as a Fellow of Human Science Foundation (April 01, 1995 ~ Aug 18, 1996)	National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
  Postdoc as the Fellow of STA, Japan (March 28, 1994 ~ March 27, 1995)	National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

• Natural products based new drug discovery
• Clinical studies of well-known medicinals plants of Bangladesh 
• Development of High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic (HPLC) methods for analysis of medicinal extracts
• Ethno-pharmacology and
• Phytochemistry

1. Scholarship of Government of Japan - 1988
2. Fellowship of Japanese Science and Technology, Japan -1994
3. Fellowship of Human Science Foundation, Japan -1995
4. Certificate of Excellence in recognition of his outstanding academic research contribution from East West University - 2009 
5. Best Professor in Pharmacy Studies by World Education Congress -2019
6. Best Researcher in the Faculty of Science and Engineering of East West University Award - 2025
   
   
   
7. One US patent was granted for a novel marine natural product from a marine organism as a potent HIF inhibitor
8. One international patent application 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 Society for Ethnopharmacology of India

• Member of Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Society