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Amin Omar

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Dr. Amin Omar

Dean Assistant

Dr. Omar is a biofilm expert, having completed his Ph.D. at Manchester University in England under the supervision of Professor Peter Gilbert in 2007.  Over the last 13 years, Dr. Omar worked through the contract research department at his previous company with many industries such as oil and gas, pharmaceutical, consumer products, food processing and medical devices. Dr. Omar ​has worked on hundreds of projects to design the antimicrobial validation assays for many coated medical devices as part of its preclinical evaluation. He also has overseen the Research and Development Operations with regard to proprietary antimicrobial silver compounds. During the academic year of 2022/2023, Dr. Omar held the position as Head of the pharmaceutical sciences and pharmaceutics at the ASU before becoming the Dean Assistant.​

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  • Biofilm microbiology, antimicrobial testing, antimicrobial coating on medical devices, MBEC assay, antimicrobial resistance.