Mahmud Hussain, Ph.D.

LEO Lecturer I
Mahmud Hussain
College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
Natural Sciences

Teaching Areas:

Chemistry (Instructional)

Biography and Education

Dr. Mahmud Hussain is a senior scientist at BASF Corporation in Wyandotte, Michigan. Internationally recognized for his accomplishments in the fields of chemical synthesis of medically and industrially useful complex organic chemicals as well as development of novel chemical reactions, Dr. Hussain’s work has been published in numerous publications and garnered multiple awards including the SASE Emerging Leader of the Year award in 2019, Sottery Award for Excellence in Chemistry and Siegel Memorial Prize in Science. Additionally, Dr. Hussain is listed as an inventor on nine patents. Dr. Hussain earned a PhD in organic chemistry from Univ. of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hussain was a Howard Hughes postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University.