Biography

Herman O. Sintim received his BS in medicinal chemistry from University College London and DPhil in organic chemistry from University of Oxford under Prof. David Hodgson. He held postdoctoral positions at Oxford and Stanford Universities (with Profs Tim Donohoe and Eric Kool respectively) before joining the University of Maryland at College Park (UMD) in 2006 as an assistant professor. In 2012, Herman received tenure and was promoted to associate professor. Herman's research interests include the chemical biology of bacterial virulence and biofilm formation, isothermal detection of disease biomarkers and synthesis of drug-like molecules.