Akram Ashour Ashames
  • Akram Ashour Ashames

  • Associate Professor, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
  • Ext: 5202/6240

* 25+ years of proven experience in university teaching and research at the undergraduate and graduate levels in various areas of pharmaceutical sciences, with research interests in drug delivery, nanoformulations, and nanobiomaterial separation and characterization. * Hands-on experience in drug delivery development, pharmaceutical quality control, and quality assurance. * Experienced in pharmaceutical analytical methods, pharmaceutical laboratories, and pharmacy-based policy development and management. * Experienced in pharmaceutical policy development and implementation.

Education
  • PhD, Materials Science (Nanobiomaterial Separation & Characterization), Colorado School of Mines, USA, 2015
  • MSc, Materials Science (Nanobiomaterial Separation & Characterization), Colorado School of Mines, USA, 2011
  • MS, Pharmaceutical Industry Management, Burgundy School of Business, France, 2003
  • B.Pharm, University of Tripoli, Libya, 1994
Experience
  • Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (AVCAA), Ajman University, UAE, 2022-Present
  • Chair, Council for Advising, Registration and Enrollment (CARE), Ajman University, UAE, 2022-Present
  • Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Ajman University, 2020-Present
  • Head of Laboratories, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Ajman University, 2017-Present
  • Head of Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Ajman University, UAE, 2016-2017
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Ajman University, 2016-2020
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tripoli, Libya, 2015-2016
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Almerghab University, Libya, 2015-2016
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, USA, 2012-2013
  • Head of Quality Assurance Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tripoli, Libya, 2016
  • General Manager of State Pharmaceutical Quality Control Administration (Libyan FDA), Libya, 2005-2006
Teaching Area
  • Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Control
  • Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance
  • Pharmaceutical Management
  • Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs
Research
  • Nanobiomaterial separation and characterization
  • Pharmaceutical counterfeiting
  • Method development and validation for pharmaceutical analysis
Publications
Conference Presentation
  • Akram Ashames. New approach in exosomes separation to uniform pure subpopulations. 6th International Conference of Pharmacy & Medicine, Sharjah, UAE, January 18-20, 2022
  • Akram Ashames, Tom Anchordoquy, Michael Graner, S. Kim R. Williams. Uniform Preparations of Tumor-derived Exosomes using a Two-dimensional Field-flow Fractionation Approach. 20th International Symposium on Field- and Flow-Based Separations (FFF2020), Vienna, Austria, Feb 22-27, 2020
  • Akram Ashames. E-commerce of pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals in UAE. 79th FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Abu Dhabi, UAE, September 22-26, 209
  • 2019 World Federation for Medical Education World Conference (Seoul, Korea, April 7-10, 2019) Akram Ashames. Recent Developments in Undergraduate Pharmacy Education in United Arab Emirates Toward Clinical and Social Pharmacy
  • World Nano 2019 (Dubai, April 15-19, 2019) May Reda Mohamed and Akram Ashames Comparative study of antimicrobial activity of various silver nanoparticles synthesized by various green methods
  • 31st International Symposium on Chromatography (ISC 2016), Adel M. Abushoffa, Akram A. Ashames, Jamal S. Mezogi, Prospective study of substandard and counterfeit medicines in the North African region
  • 249th American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting 2015, Denver, CO (USA), C Bria, A Ashames, P Skelly, SK Williams, Semipreparative asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation for nanoparticle characterization
  • FFF Conference 2014, Salt Lake City, UT (USA). Akram A. Ashames, Seamus McMullen, Tom Anchordoquy, Michael Graner, Kim Williams “Development of a two-dimensional field-flow fractionation method for tumor-derived exosomes”.
  • Exosomes and Microvesicles Conference 2012, Orlando, FL (USA). Akram A. Ashames, Seamus McMullen, Kim Williams “Novel 2D separation of exosomes by Field-Flow Fractionation”.
  • ExoExpo 2012, Colorado (USA), Akram A. Ashames, Seamus McMullen, Kim Williams “Novel 2D separation of exosomes”
  • ExoExpo 2011, Colorado (USA), Akram A. Ashames, Seamus McMullen, Kim Williams “Asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation of exosomes”.
Memberships, Awards and Honors
  • Member in College Council, since 2016
  • American Society for Exosomes and Microvesicles (ASEMV), since 2012
  • PBD honor society gold medal for outstanding scholar achievement, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA, 2012
  • Materials Science Fellowship, Colorado School of Mines, 2010-2011, Golden, Colorado,USA, 2011
  • University graduate study scholarship from Libyan government for doctoral degree, Libyan government, 2000 and 2007
  • Certificate of achievement for outstanding undergraduate student in the Arab World Universities, Yarmouk University, Jordan, 1993
  • Editorial board member in Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Editorial Board Member in Journal of Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance and Quality Control
  • Editorial Board Member in Trends in Pharmaceuticals and Nanotechnology
  • Editorial Board Member in Journal of Pharma and Drug Regulatory Affairs
  • Conference awards in Duabai International Pharmaceuticals & Technological Conference & Exhibition (DUPHAT) 2017 and 2018.
  • AU Research Day 2018 Awards for supervising best undergraduate and graduate student projects.
  • Member of ACPE Steering Committee at the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University
  • Chair of Drug Design, Analysis, and Delivery Research Group, since Jan 2017
  • Arbitrator for Rashid Bin Humaid Award for Culture and Science, since 2017
  • Head of Laboratories, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
  • Libyan Pharmacist Syndicate
  • Libyan Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • First place and Best Pharmacy Student Innovative Poster Award went to students Batoul Baradie and Haneen Abufares and their supervisor Dr. Akram Ashames in their work titled “Fat burners: A solution or a scam?”.
  • Sixth Best Pharmacy Student Oral Presentation Award went to students Alaa Ahmad, Huda Ahmad, Alanoud Alattari, and Ruba Alnajjar and their supervisors Dr. Akram Ashames and Sabrina Ait Gacem in their work titled “Pharmaceutical quality control evaluation of metformin hydrochloride tablets including recently recalled products from UAE market”.
  • DUPHAT 2020 Award: eighth best outstanding poster presentation for students under the supervision of Dr. Akram Ashames, Dr. Manal Buabeid and Dr. Subish Palaian: Investigational study to evaluate the predictors for self-medication among public