Dr. Fassihi is a professor of biopharmaceutics and industrial pharmacy at the Temple University School of Pharmacy where he has taught and done research in the pharmaceutical sciences and drug delivery design since 1992. He has worked as an assistant professor at Isfahan University (1979-1982), a postdoctoral fellow at Brighton University (1983), a senior scientist at Welsh School of Pharmacy (1984), and a senior lecturer at Rhodes University in South Africa (1984-1988). He was founder and head of School of Pharmacy and professor and department chair at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa (1988-1992), where he was awarded with gold medals by both the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Society of Cosmetic Chemists. In 1991, he was a visiting professor at Cincinnati University
undertaking research in advanced biopharmaceutics with Professor Wolfgang A. Ritschel.
At Temple, Dr. Fassihi has also served as director of graduate programs, chaired various university committees, and advised multiple professional organizations.
Dr. Fassihi has presented seminars nationally and internationally. His research emphasizes design, development, evaluation (in-vitro and in-vivo), optimization and
scale-up operations of oral dosage forms, oral-soluble films, orally disintegrating tablets,
capsules, tablets including, enteric coated, osmotic pumps, tampered resistant systems, controlled and modified release drug delivery (CR), dispersed systems, topical products, gels, parenteral, subcutaneous, and advanced delivery systems.
Dr. Fassihi has authored or coauthored more than145 peer-reviewed professional papers and 375 abstracts and presentations and holds 10 U.S. patents on topics related to the relationship between the physicochemical characteristics of drugs and their stability and biological effects.
Dr. Fassihi has trained many Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Science students and mentored 29 Doctor of Philosophy students, as well as visiting scholars and postdoctoral fellows, addressing the core principles of pharmaceutical sciences and biopharmaceutics in drug product development, drug performance, drug therapy, manufacturing issues, and regulatory requirements.
Dr. Fassihi is and has been a member of several professional organizations including the
AACP, ACS, HPA, AAPS and CRS and is a Fellow of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS Fellow).