​Dr. Rahamatullah Shaikh is a Pharmacist and Assistant Professor in Industrial Pharmaceutics in the Centre for Pharmaceutical Engineering Science at the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of Bradford. Dr. Rahamat has diverse international research experience in academia and pharmaceutical industry including drug formulation development, optimization, delivery, continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing, particle engineering, powder characterisation, process analytical technologies and pharmaceutical analysis. He obtained his PhD in 2020, under the supervision of Prof. Gavin Walker at Synthesis and Solid-State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC), University of Limerick, Ireland with a Thesis entitled "Continuous mechanochemical preparation and formulation of pharmaceutical cocrystals and it’s solid processing”. He subsequently worked as a postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Limerick investigating continuous processing of pharmaceutical cocrystal drug products as part of the SFI funded SSPC. During his MPhil at the School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, UK, he formulated novel bucco-adhesive buccal patches intended for clinical application for mouth ulcers, in an industry-sponsored project. His developed formulation has been patented.​