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Dr. Robert O. Williams III is a professor and Division Head at the College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin. He holds the Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair and serves as Editor-in-Chief of AAPS PharmSciTech. His laboratory focuses on formulation development, optimization, and delivery of small organic compounds, peptides, and proteins utilizing a variety of technologies including depot drug delivery and oral, pulmonary/nasal, and ophthalmic drug delivery. Dr. Williams dedicates significant effort to enhancing drug solubility and dissolution through novel particle engineering technologies, thin film freezing, and other thermal processes such as hot melt extrusion. His current research also delves into aerosol device technology and the development of innovative analytical methods to quantitate and characterize drug delivery technologies. Advanced analytical techniques like cascade impaction, HPLC, GC, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy are routinely employed in his research to investigate raw materials and formulations. In addition to his academic endeavors, Dr. Williams has supervised numerous graduate students and contributed to various significant advancements in the field of molecular pharmaceutics and drug delivery.
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