User:Jide Mustapha

Aliru Olajide 'Jide' Mustapha is from Ilorin West Local Government, Kwara State, Nigeria. He was born on the 13th November 1965 into Olojoku’s family of Adeta in Ilorin. His father, Hannafi Ayinde Mustapha and mother Aminat Mustapha. He is the 7th child of his father’s 13 children. He started his early elementary education at St Peters Anglican Primary School, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria in 1969 and completed it at Ojagboro Local School Management Board in Ilorin East Local Government School, Kwara State, in 1977. He was a Head Boy at the school between 1976-77. He later proceeded to Oro Grammar School in 1977, he was the school's co-operative prefect in 1979, became Time Keeper in 1980-81 and Senior Prefect in 1981-82. After, secondary education, he attended the University of Ilorin between 1983-1987 for his Bachelors of Science Degree(B.Sc.) in Chemistry, completed his compulsory National Youth Service Corps in 1988. Between 1991-93, he went for Masters of Science Degree (M.Sc.) in Chemistry at the same University. He joined employment of Kwara State Schools Management Board between 1988-1992 where he taught college students chemistry and Integrated Science subjects. He moved to the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State in Nigeria in 1992 for teaching and research in specialist Chemistry subjects and rose to a position of Principal Lecturer in 2005. During his period of service, he rose to positions of Head of Department of Science Technology (2002-2004) and Dean of Science & Technology (2004-2006), before he proceeded to United Kingdom for further studies. In UK, he attended the University of Nottingham (2006-2007), where he obtained a Masters of Research Degree (MRes) in Chemistry and moved thereafter to the Nottingham Trent University for his PhD studies. At the Nottingham Trent University, he was the 2010-11 Postgraduate Representatives on the College Research Degree Committee (CRDC). For the past few years of research, he has garnered a number of good and specialized knowledge, experience and transferable skills in a wide range of different areas of organic and environmental/analytical chemistry that has been utilised in the teaching of the specialist subject and publication. He is currently working in the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory of Nottingham Trent University, UK on aqueous environmental samples for the development of analytical skills in order to successfully achieve difficult trace analysis and the analytical methodology suitable for laboratory studies of the compounds of interest (variety of illicit drugs and specified pharmaceutical compounds) using real-world samples (river water, sewage effluent, firm grounding in particulate matter extraction and analysis). Necessary sample clean-up techniques have been developed and initial monitoring at a Sewage Treatment Works (near Nottingham, UK) has been completed and the acquired environmental data are currently being used to improve the sampling process. The methodologies and the necessary data for the PhD final year stage of the study have been concluded with the first draft of thesis already submitted. Competences and Key Skills: 1. A good knowledge of analytical development experience in a well-structured laboratory for trace drugs analysis using chromatographic and solid extraction techniques (SPE –GC-MS/MS, SPE-LC-MS/MS, SPE) aiming at continuous innovation of the analytical technologies to keep a high level and excellence of scientific know-how. 2. Acquisition of transferable skills in method developments using different techniques such as Flame Photometry, Fluorescence Spectrometry, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS), Ion Chromatography and Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICPQES). 3. Has got an international experience, strong knowledge of modern analytical techniques development of different pharmaceutical forms, good understanding of analytical method development & validation requirements of industry 4. Experimental expertise at laboratory documentation according to quality standards including all relevant investigations; identification, studies of familiar and unfamiliar compounds in related scientific justification. 5. Identified the Critical Quality Attributes in scientific networking, interacting with advanced chemical companies/academia. 6. Fluency in English with ability to navigate microsoft software (Words, Excel, PowerPoint), statistical software (GraphPrisms and Minitab 16), and ChemBioDraw in good communication skills 7. Hands-on experience in the preparation and characterization of a potential anti-tuberculosis agent that inhibits an essential enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the cell wall of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB. 8. A good knowledge of chromatographic sciences and spectroscopic technologies e.g. UV, IR, MS, high field 1H- and 13C- nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and elemental analysis. 9. Training skills which include reduced pressure distillation and conducting reaction under anhydrous conditions on a very small scale. 10. Ability to work well and solve scientific problems independently and in a team environment and with the determination and ability to foster organisational and cultural (i.e. scientific and innovation) change. 11. Strong knowledge of characterization techniques in physical, chemical and solid state stability. 12. Strong knowledge of most chemistry sub-disciplines at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels 13. Knowledge of laboratory procedures and laboratory safety regulations during independent research. 14. Experience in the use of laboratory instrumentation commonly used in undergraduate laboratories for both teaching and research supervisions. 15. Proven expertise in course management environments to support taught courses and assessment in a student-centred approach to teaching. He has a number of academic publications in both Nigeria and International Journals. He has also written and published two textbooks: 1.Book title: Mycobacterium Tuberculosis- Inhibitor of Cell Wall Biosynthesis 2.Book title: Organic Chemistry: Structure, Reactivity and Mechanism.