Saad Tayyab

Dr. Saad Tayyab studied Biochemistry at Aligarh Muslim University, India, completing Masters and Ph.D. degrees in 1981 and 1987, respectively. He is currently working as a Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Before joining UCSI University, Dr. Saad served at Universiti Malaya (2004-2018), Haramaya University, Ethiopia (2001-2004), Aligarh Muslim University, India (1988-2001), and the University of Kashmir, India (1987-1988). He was admitted as a Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, in 2017, Fellow, Royal Society of Biology, UK, in 2019, Member, American Chemical Society in 2020, and Member, Sigma Xi in 2024. He is serving as an Editorial Board member for several journals. He has published over 150 journal papers, 17 popular articles, 1 book, 2 book chapters, and 1 learning aid. Several research students (16 Ph.D., 6 M.Phil., 1 M.D., and 13 M.Sc.) completed their degrees under his supervision, and he guided 32 undergraduate projects. His research interests include drug-protein interaction, protein folding, protein/enzyme stability, and protein structure-function. He possesses an h-index of 27, and his name is included in the reviewers’ lists of many international journals.