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Robert O. Williams, III, PhD (he/him/his)

Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

Robert O. (Bill) Williams III is the Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutics and the Division Head of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery at the College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin. He earned a B.S. in Biology from Texas A&M University, a B.S. in Pharmacy and PhD in Pharmaceutics from the University of Texas at Austin. He worked 9 years in the pharmaceutical industry before returning to the University of Texas at Austin in 1995. Dr Williams was elected Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists in 2006, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering in 2008 and the National Academy of Inventors in 2019. He was named the Inventor of the Year by the University of Texas at Austin in 2017. He received the College of Science Academy of Distinguished Former Students Award from Texas A&M University in 2021. Dr. Williams is a member of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), as well as other professional societies including the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. He is the co-founder of several pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Williams’ research interests include development of novel drug delivery systems for oral, pulmonary, nasal, injectable, buccal, and topical applications, development of novel particle engineering technologies for low molecular weight drugs, peptides and proteins, and analytical technologies to characterize actives, excipients, and polymers. He has published over 500 peer-reviewed research articles, reviews, abstracts and book chapters, and co-edited several books, including Formulating Poorly Water Soluble Drugs, Third Edition (aapspress and Springer). He is an inventor on over 80 patents and patent applications. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy and is the Editor-in-Chief of AAPS PharmSciTech since 2014. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology and Pharmaceutics.

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