Dr. Hans Leuenberger

Hans Leuenberger studied experimental physics resulting in a PhD in nuclear physics at the University of Basel. He worked for 12 years at Sandoz (today Novartis), and spent a sabbatical at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, writing a habilitation thesis in Pharmaceutics. In 1982 he became full professor of Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Basel. He served as acting vice president (1993-2001) of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW), and from1992-1996 as President of its Scientific Council. From 2001 to 2011 he served as President of the Swiss Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences (today Swiss Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences).

Hans mentored more than 120 PhD students and received numerous awards, (https://www.ifiip.ch/).

Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans Leuenberger is Honorary Member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences, www.satw.ch.rnHe is Honorary President of the CISDEM (CíTEDRA IBEROAMERICANA-SUIZA DE DESARROLLO DE MEDICAMENTOS) Forum of Latin America, Portugal, Spain & Switzerland. CISDEM is organizing biannually conferences in collaboration with major pharmaceutical events (http://institucional.us.es/cisdem/). Hans is Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Spain; Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Engineering; Fellow of the Swiss Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS).

As Professor emeritus in Pharmaceutical Technology of the University of Basel, he is now Member of the Adjunct Faculty at the College of Pharmacy of the University of Florida, Department of Pharmaceutics, Center of Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology, 6550 Sanger Road, Orlando, FL 32827, USA.