Our Graduates… A Success Story | Episode 30
Dr. Ali Athab Al-Kinani — 2nd cohort · 2005–2006
Associate Professor in Clinical Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Department Postgraduate Course Leader — Kingston University London, United Kingdom
“This is where I began to dream, and where I learned how to make my dreams come true.”
Profile
- Department: Pharmacy
- Cohort: 2nd (2005–2006)
- Current position: Associate Professor in Clinical Pharmaceutics – Pharmacy Department Postgraduate Course Leader, Kingston University London
- City: London – United Kingdom
- First job after graduation: within 3 to 6 months
- Highest degree: PhD in Pharmaceutics and Therapeutics — Kingston University, UK
His journey in one sentence
Your future is not built by the opportunities you find, but by the opportunities you create.
His story after graduation
When I graduated from pharmacy school, I carried big dreams and more questions than answers. I did not know where the journey would lead me, but I believed that learning does not end with earning a degree. The biggest challenge was to keep growing and keep pace with opportunities and changes at every new stage of my professional and academic life.
I learned that success is not achieved with a single step or a single accomplishment; it is built with patience, perseverance and readiness for continuous learning. Today, when I look back, I feel grateful that this journey began here, at my alma mater, which gave me not only knowledge but also the confidence and the foundation on which I built my future. I still believe that the best thing a person can offer is to keep learning and to help others grow with them.
Education
- B.Sc. Pharmacy — Baghdad College of Medical Sciences, 2nd cohort (2006)
- M.Sc. in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Analysis (distinction) — top of his cohort
- PhD in Pharmaceutics and Therapeutics — Kingston University, UK
Career path
- Associate Professor in Clinical Pharmaceutics — Pharmacy Department, Kingston University London, UK
- Pharmacy Department Postgraduate Course Leader — Kingston University
- Founded and leads research activities in clinical pharmaceutics and drug delivery, and has contributed to supervising, preparing and developing a generation of postgraduate students and researchers in pharmacy
Certificates and courses
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
- “Teaching through Research” leadership programme — UNESCO Chair in Science, Centre for Research and Interdisciplinarity, Paris
- Member of the Royal College of Pharmacy, UK
Awards, conferences and volunteering
- Analysis and Pharmaceutical Quality (APQ) International Research Award — American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), Orlando, Florida
- Global Achiever Award — KU Talent, Kingston University London
- Formulation Design and Development (FDD) Section Award — AAPS
- Award from the Controlled Release Society, one of the world’s leading specialized scientific societies (2014)
- Best Scientific Poster Award, 2nd Conference of the Centre for the Study of Health and Age-related Conditions (IhSHA) — Kingston University
- First Prize for Best Presentation, 1st IhSHA Conference — Kingston University
- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) First Prize for Best Poster — School of Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston University
- Editorial Board Member, Pharmaceutical Development and Technology (Taylor & Francis)
- Topics Advisory Board Member, Pharmaceutics (MDPI)
- Advisory Board Member, Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME)
Research profile
Dr. Ali Athab Al-Kinani’s advice to today’s students
“Don’t worry too much about the future. Work hard, learn from every opportunity that comes your way, and never stop dreaming — some of the most beautiful opportunities come from places we never expected.”
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