The Founder

Dr. Mustafa I. Selim has more than 22 years of post-graduate experience as a university professor, researcher, and laboratory director. This experience includes pharmaceutical research, forensic toxicology, environmental toxicology, and environmental health.

Dr. Selim received his BS (honors) and his MS in chemistry from the University of Cairo (1970 -75). He received his PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Mississippi, where he also received post-doctoral training in pharmaceutical research (1976-81). He then joined the Mississippi Crime Laboratory, in Jackson, MS, where he was responsible for directing research and method development for the analysis of abused drugs in human body fluids and tissue. He directed a major study for the Governor's Highway safety Commission on the incidence of abused drugs in highway traffic fatalities and crime cases in the state of Mississippi (1981-83).

Dr. Selim’s experience in the environmental field started with his responsibility for directing the GC/MS analysis of priority pollutants in the Study of Calcassiu-River Lake complex project at McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA (1983-84). Following this experience, he Joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry and directed the Mass Spectrometry/Chemical Services Laboratory (CSL) facility at Murray State University, Murray, KY (1984-88). He then joined the faculty of the University of Iowa College of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health (currently College of Public Health), Iowa City, Iowa (1988-2000), where he was also responsible for directing the Analytical Toxicology Laboratory (ATL). He taught general chemistry, analytical chemistry, instrumental analysis, clinical analytical chemistry, and analytical toxicology, and environmental health. He directed many successful laboratory projects funded by several federal agencies (e.g. National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, and the Environmental Protection Agency) and industrial corporations (e.g. Chrysler-United Autoworkers, Rohm & Haas, Millipore, and the Chemical Manufacturing Association).

His research has been published in national and international journals including the Journal of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Journal of Agromedicine, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Journal of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists International, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, and Journal of the Industrial Hygiene Association.

Dr. Selim has served as a consultant and court expert witness in forensic and environmental cases. He consulted for state, federal, private corporations, and (WHO), the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, and Ministry of Health, Malaysia.

Among other professional societies, Dr. Selim is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), and the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOACI), International, the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), and the Society of Forensic Scientists (SOFT). He is also listed as an honored member of the 2002-2003 Strathmore's WHO's WHO.