Samar Mahmoud

Samar Mahmoud has a diverse work experience spanning various industries and roles. Samar is currently employed at Optibrium Ltd. as a Principal Scientist, a position they have held since January 2022. Prior to this, they were a Senior Scientist in Cheminformatics at the same company from September 2019 to January 2022.

In 2019, Samar worked as an Entrepreneur In Residence at Entrepreneur First, where they conducted customer development and market research to determine the best product fit for the market. Samar explored multiple projects, including user interface systems for toxicologists.

Before that, Samar served as a Big Data Scientist / PhD Researcher at the University of Cambridge from January 2015 to April 2019, focusing on their doctoral research in the field. Samar also worked as an Advisor at GTN LTD from August 2017 to March 2018.

Samar's early career includes roles as a Lecturer of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Khartoum from January 2013 to December 2014, where they supervised pharmaceutical chemistry laboratories and conducted tutorials. Samar also worked as a Teaching Assistant of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the same university from September 2008 to December 2012.

Additionally, Samar was an MSc researcher at UCL from October 2011 to September 2012, where they worked on drug discovery projects including drug delivery systems for anticancer drugs and molecular modeling. Samar gained experience in various computational simulation techniques and chemical analysis methods during their time at UCL.

Samar's professional journey also includes a short stint as a Co-assessor in Good Governance of Medicine (GGM) at the World Health Organization from January 2011 to July 2011. In this role, they evaluated the transparency of public pharmaceutical sectors in Sudan and assessed the results to improve medicines regulations and practices.

To start their career, Samar worked as a Community Pharmacist at the Queen's Pharmacies group from December 2006 to August 2008.

Overall, Samar Mahmoud has acquired a diverse set of skills and expertise in areas such as scientific research, cheminformatics, entrepreneurship, and pharmaceutical chemistry throughout their career.

Samar Mahmoud completed a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy at the University of Khartoum from 2001 to 2006. Samar then pursued a Master's degree in Drug Discovery at UCL from 2011 to 2012. Following that, they attended the University of Cambridge from 2015 to 2018, where they obtained a PhD in Cheminformatics and Computational Toxicology with a specialization in Chemistry.