Dr. Ashrafur Rahman is an assistant professor for pharmaceutical sciences here at Wilkes University. Rahman is from Bangladesh.
He completed his masters at North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. After graduation he moved to Japan where he completed his PSD of neuroscience. Shortly after he moved to Texas and completed his post-doctoral degree.
Before working at Wilkes he worked in Bangladesh at a Renowned University as an assistant professor for four and a half years at the department of pharmaceutical sciences.
“I have worked on various research projects such as memory dysfunction, mechanism of learning and memory, memory disorder, COVID-19 treatment, polycystic ovary syndrome and stereotaxic surgery,” said Raham.
He loves to talk to his students and help them in any way he can. Raham said that Wilkes University provided him with a grant to build his new laboratory.
“I chose Wilkes because of their high rate in faculty retention, its healthy work environment and the one on one engagement from professor to student,” said Raham.
Raham says he always wanted to be in the pharmaceutical field and loves to fish.
“What I love most about his job is the ability to be able to teach,”said Raham.
He’s passionate about his students’ learning and he always likes to give them ideas that are helpful to them being a good researcher as well as their academic performance.
Right now Raham is teaching anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, CNS and endocrine. His students are currently doing a poster presentation on microbiology.
“It helps them improve their confidence and deliver to the scientific community,” said Raham. He does lab experiments with his students as well.
Raham’s goals are to do more research that benefits people and helps mankind.
“I hope my research can help people get rid of a disease they have or bring them closer to it,” said Raham.
His future plans consist of being the best possible teacher he can be. He never wanted to be a teacher or a researcher, but right now those two things are his main focus.
His most enjoyable part so far here at Wilkes is last year when he published ten papers. He also mentions his research team who is doing excellent in research and writing scientific articles. He also enjoys the teaching aspect of it all.
Raham’s advice for all his students is to never give up: “If you miss your events today or anything today, you’ll miss it forever.”