Rate My Professor Satya Sarker

Professor Satyajit D. Sarker, holding degrees BPharm (Hons), MPharm, PhD, and FHEA, is Professor of Pharmacy and Director of the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University, a position he has held since October 2013. He serves as the Founding Head of the Centre for Natural Products Discovery and is a member of the Pharmacy Schools Council. Additionally, he has been Honorary Professor at the University of East Anglia, Visiting Professor at Taylor’s University Malaysia, and former Guest Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. As a leader in pharmaceutical education, he heads one of the UK's oldest pharmacy schools and contributes to national discussions on pharmacy training.

Sarker's research specializations lie in phytochemistry and pharmacognosy, emphasizing the isolation, analysis, and biological activities of natural products. His scholarly output includes highly influential publications such as 'Microtitre plate-based antibacterial assay incorporating resazurin as an indicator of cell growth, and its application in the in vitro antibacterial screening of phytochemicals' (Methods, 2007), 'Natural product isolation: an overview' (Natural Products Isolation, 2006), 'Effect of citrus flavonoids, naringin and naringenin, on metabolic syndrome and their mechanisms of action' (Advances in Nutrition, 2014), and 'Screening seeds of some Scottish plants for free radical scavenging activity' (Phytotherapy Research, 2007). He has co-edited books including 'Medicinal Natural Products: A Disease-Focused Approach' and 'Computational Phytochemistry', and published a book on nanomedicine in 2022. Sarker was former President of the Phytochemical Society of Europe (2018-2020) and is Editor-in-Chief of Phytochemical Analysis. In 2023, he received an international pharmacology award at a major conference in India. His contributions have significantly impacted natural products research and pharmaceutical sciences through methodological innovations and leadership in academic societies.