Mussa Quareshy

Mussa Quareshy has a diverse work experience spanning several roles and companies. Mussa is currently working at Sygnature Discovery as a Lead Scientist, where they started in October 2021. Prior to that, they worked as a Senior Scientist at the same company from March 2021 to August 2022 and then as Senior Scientist II from August 2022 to October 2023.

Before joining Sygnature Discovery, Mussa was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Warwick from May 2017 to March 2021. Mussa also had previous roles at the University of Warwick, including a Research Assistant from September 2016 to March 2017 and a PhD Student from October 2012 to December 2016. Their PhD research focused on compound screening and selectivity in a hormone receptor complex.

In addition to their academic work, Mussa gained industry experience through internships and placements. Mussa worked as a Business Development Intern at Warwick Ventures Ltd. from April 2013 to June 2013, where they were involved in developing spin-off ventures and commercialization of academic technologies. Mussa also worked as a PhD Student - Rotation Project Placement at the University of Birmingham from January 2013 to March 2013, focusing on fragment-based drug design for cancer targets.

Mussa's early work experience includes a summer internship at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in 2012, where they worked on improving methodologies for flash column chromatography and purification of medicinal chemistry crude mixtures. Mussa also worked as a Lab Tech at Nicholls Colton and Partners Limited from July 2007 to September 2008 (full-time) and September 2008 to June 2012 (part-time), analyzing soils, cement, concrete, aggregate, and rocks for the civil engineering field.

Furthermore, Mussa spent time as an Industrial Placement Student at GlaxoSmithKline from August 2010 to August 2011, where they worked in the DMPK division, specifically in the Structural Identification sub-division. Mussa worked on AMS for metabolite profiling of radio-labeled drugs and gained experience in HPLC, UPLC, mass spectrometry, and NMR. Mussa also participated in the Student Ambassador Scheme at the Training and Development Agency for Schools in June 2010, where they had a placement in a science department at a school in Leicester.

Overall, Mussa Quareshy has a well-rounded work experience in both academic and industry settings, with a focus on bioscience, drug discovery, and research.

Mussa Quareshy obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Life Sciences from the University of Warwick, which they attended from 2012 to 2016. Prior to that, they completed a Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MChem) from the University of Leicester from 2008 to 2012. Mussa attended Gateway Sixth Form College from 2006 to 2007 for their A-Levels, and St Andrews International High School from 2002 to 2006 for KS3, GSCE, and AS Levels. In 2019, Mussa obtained a PRINCE2 Foundation level certification from PeopleCert.