Professor Emeritus
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Dale Eric Wurster received his B.S. Degree (Chemistry) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1974. The Ph.D. Degree (Industrial and Physical Pharmacy) was granted in 1979 by Purdue University. Upon graduation, Wurster joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill as an Assistant Professor. Since 1982 he has been on the faculty of the University of Iowa (Division of Pharmaceutics and Translational Therapeutics). He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1987 and to Professor in 1996. From 2006 to 2012 he was also a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering. In addition to his faculty responsibilities, he has been the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the University of Iowa Graduate College (2002–2009) and the Senior Associate Dean of the University of Iowa Graduate College, with primary responsibility for the Academic Affairs Section (2009-2015). Wurster became Professor Emeritus on August 1, 2020.
Wurster’s research has largely focused on interactions occurring across interfaces. Analytical techniques which figure prominently in his research are: isoperibol solution calorimetry, compression calorimetry, differential scanning calorimetry, Fourier-transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), computer modelling, dynamic vapor sorption, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Wurster is the author or co-author of over 200 peer-reviewed abstracts and research articles, and he has served as major professor for 34 Ph.D. students.
Wurster served a three-year term as President Elect (2018), President (2019), and Past President (2020) of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS). He is an AAPS Fellow (1998) and the recipient of an AAPS Research Achievement Award in Manufacturing Science and Engineering (2009). He was named a Distinguished Alumnus of the Purdue University College of Pharmacy in 2015, and, in 2017, he was presented with the Ralph Shangraw Memorial Award by the IPEC Foundation. In 2018, Wurster received the David J. W. Grant NIPTE Distinguished Scholar Award in Basic Pharmaceutics, and he was the 2019 Louis W. Busse Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison School of Pharmacy. Wurster was Chair of the Faculty (July 2018-June 2019) of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education (NIPTE). He also served on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Engineering Research Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems (NSF, 2008 - 2011). Wurster served on various committees of the United States Pharmacopeia for 25 years (1995-2020), and he has served on various committees of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy for 41 years (1982-2023).
Coffee and Conversation With the Fellows Communications Task Force (Fellows Only)
Monday, October 23, 2023
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
Coffee and Conversation With the Fellows Communications Task Force (Fellows Only)
Monday, October 23, 2023
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET