Razi

Syed R Hussaini

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Keplinger Hall
800 S. Tucker Dr., Tulsa, OK 74104
918-631-3520
syed-hussaini@utulsa.edu

Syed Raziullah Hussaini was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He goes by his middle name, Razi. He received his B.Sc. with honors in 1995 and M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Karachi, Pakistan, in 1996. After a short stint at Eli Lilly-Gohar(Pvt.) Ltd., he joined the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, Pakistan, in 1997. 

In 2000, he received the Lady Noon/OUP scholarship, which allowed him to carry out his DPhil at the University of Oxford. The Department of Chemistry and St. Peter’s College at Oxford provided him with the bursaries to pay for the university and the college fees. In Oxford, Razi joined Dr. Mark Moloney‘s group in 2001 and finished his DPhil studies in 2004.

Afterward, he moved across the Atlantic to work with Dr. Robert B. Grossman at the University of Kentucky. In 2005, he moved to Emory University and worked as a postdoc with Dr. Simon Blakey. In 2006, he returned to the University of Kentucky and completed his postdoctoral work with Dr. Peter Crooks. There, he also started teaching at the Department of Chemistry as a part-time instructor.

From 2007-2009, he worked at the University of Louisville, teaching various undergraduate and graduate-level chemistry courses. During this period, he also researched with Dr. G. B. Hammond. In 2009 he joined The University of Tulsa, where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry