Mostofa brings over 20 years of industrial experience in synthetic organic chemistry within an interdisciplinary drug discovery setting. Over the course of his professional career, he was involved in various pre-clinical drug discovery projects which includes different therapeutic areas such as antimicrobial, cardiovascular, antiviral and CNS. After obtaining a PhD in organic synthesis, Mostofa undertook postdoctoral research at the University of Notre Dame and then the University of Alberta as a fellow of Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research.