Dr. Omobolanle A. Omoteso is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Division of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University, South Africa (2025-Present). She has over 8 years of research experience in pharmaceutical formulations. She completed a PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2024) from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa; a Master of Science degree in Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy (2017) from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria; and a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree (2012) from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. Her current research interests are infectious diseases, nanomedicines, pediatric formulation, and taste masking of bitter drugs.
Prof. Sandile M. Khamanga is an associate professor in Pharmaceutics and currently serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy at Rhodes University. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. He completed a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Chemistry at the University of Swaziland (ESwatini), a BPharm, MSc (Pharm), and a PhD in Pharmaceutics at Rhodes University. He has worked as an academic for close to 20 years. His research interests are varied but are primarily focused on advanced drug delivery systems, medicines registration in sub-Saharan Africa, and theoretical and practical analysis of patient waiting time forecasting using statistical techniques.
