Prof. Raymond Jagessar obtained his BSc (Distinction) in Chemistry/Biology from the University of Guyana (1992) and his PhD from the UK (1995). He was an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Guyana, from 1991-1992. He held three Post Doctoral Research Fellowships (PDF) at the University of South Carolina, Columbia (USA), Wichita State University, Kansas (USA), and the University of the West Indies during the period, 1996-1999. He is also accredited with a distinction in DiPEd (higher education) at the University of Guyana in 2022. He has several international awards, amongst them Chartered Chemist, CChem, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, FRSC, UK, member of the American Chemical Society, Research Grants, etc. He is also a Fellow of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences.

His research interests are broad, covering the spectrum of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. He has published over one hundred (100) research articles, five book chapters, one book, and three e-books and presented at over 100 conferences locally, regionally, and internationally. He has given keynote presentations at several conferences and is a member of several editorial boards and a reviewer of several journals. He is currently a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Guyana (South America), former President of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences (2020-2023), and is currently, Foreign Secretary of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences.