Professor
Temple University
Reza Fassihi, B. Pharm., Ph.D., AAPS Fellow
Professor of Biopharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy
Dr. Fassihi is a professor of biopharmaceutics and industrial pharmacy at Temple University, School of Pharmacy, where he has taught and done research in the pharmaceutical sciences 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 Senior Lecturer at Rhodes University in South Africa (1984-1988). He was Founder and Head of School of Pharmacy, and Professor and Chair of Department, at 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 and in 1992 he joined Temple University, School of Pharmacy, where he has served as professor, director of graduate programs, chair of various university committees and professional organizations. Dr. Fassihi has authored or coauthored more than 140 peer-reviewed professional papers on topics related to the relationship between the physicochemical characteristics of drugs (polymorphism, amorphous systems, crystal structure, solubility, permeability), their stability and biological effect, with an emphasis on 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, enteric coated, osmotic pumps, tampered resistant systems, controlled and modified release drug delivery, dispersed systems, topical products, gels, parenteral and advanced delivery systems.