Professor
Ghent University
Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Thomas De Beer graduated in pharmaceutical sciences in 2002 at the Ghent University in Belgium. He obtained his PhD at the same university in 2007. For his PhD research, he examined the suitability of Raman spectroscopy as a Process Analytical Technology tool for pharmaceutical production processes. Within his PhD research period, he worked four months at University of Copenhagen in Denmark, Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical Chemistry. After his PhD, he was an FWO funded post-doctoral fellow at the Ghent University (2007-2010). Within his post-doc mandate, he worked 9 months at the Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany. In February 2010, he became professor in Process Analytics & Technology at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences from Ghent University. His research goals include bringing innovation pharmaceutical production processes. More specifically, Prof. De Beer contributes to the development of continuous manufacturing processes for drug products such as solids, semi-solids, liquids and biologicals. Thomas De Beer is also director of Ghent University’s Center of Excellence in Sustainable Pharmaceutical Engineering (CESPE). In 2018, Thomas De Beer became co-founder and CEO of the Ghent University spin-off company RheaVita which provides a continuous freeze-drying technology for the pharmaceutical market.
Monday, October 23, 2023
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET