CPPR (Dane O. Kildsig) Center for Pharmaceutical Processing Research

CPPR Student is First Place Academic Award Recipient at AIChE Meeting CPPR Student Saeed Najafian was honored with the prestigious First Place Academic Award in The North American Mixing Forum at the AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers meeting held in November for his work and findings on multiphase mixing. A well-deserved recognition – Congratulations, Saeed! Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dfKJXKiW #pharmaceutics #pharmaceuticalprocessing

Save the date! The next CPPR (Dane O. Kildsig) Center for Pharmaceutical Processing Research scientific conference will be held at the University of Connecticut, May 18-20, 2026.

CPPR Student Receives Academic Award at AIChE Annual Meeting CPPR student, Saeed Najafian, from the lab of Dr. Bodhi Chaudhuri at UConn School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with CPPR mentors Parind Desai and Elaheh Ardalani from GSK, received the 1st Place Academic Award from the North American Mixing Forum (NAMF) - An AIChE Affiliated Community during this year’s AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting. Congratulations, Saeed! #uconnresearch #pharmaceutics #pharmaceuticalprocessing

CPPR Student, Iheanacho (Theo) Enyum, from the lab of Professor Robin Bogner, was named the Steve Nail Emerging Researcher at the CPPR Scientific Conference held at Purdue University last month. Mariya Khiterer from Alkermes presented him with the award. Congratulations, Theo! #pharmaceutics #pharmaceuticalprocessing

CPPR Semi-Annual Conference Held at Purdue University The CPPR (Dane O. Kildsig) Center for Pharmaceutical Processing Research Semi-Annual Scientific Conference was held October 27-29th at Purdue University. Over 45 industry experts, faculty, and students gathered to share cutting-edge research proposals and current project updates. Thank you to all who made this event a massive success! #pharmaceutics #pharmaceuticalprocessing

CPPR Faculty Selected as 2025 Michael J. Pikal NIPTE Distinguished Scholar in Pharmaceutical Processing The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology & Education (NIPTE) has named Dr. Xiuling Lu of University of Connecticut the 2025 Michael J. Pikal Distinguished Scholar in Pharmaceutical Processing. This is a particularly meaningful award that is named for former CPPR Faculty and Leader, Michael J. Pikal. Dr. Lu joins previous CPPR Faculty who received this award, Raj Suryanarayanan, Robin Bogner, and Elizabeth Topp. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eYgzB4cJ #pharmaceutics #pharmaceuticalprocessing

CPPR Faculty Recognized as a Rising Star by NIPTE The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology & Education (NIPTE) named Dr. Na Li of University of Connecticut as this year’s Rising Star. The Rising Star Scholarship is awarded to early career investigators for outstanding scientific achievements in pharmaceutical science and technology. Dr. Li joins CPPR faculty member Dr. Raman Bahal (UConn) and Dr. QI (Tony) ZHOU (Purdue), in the expanding group of CPPR faculty winners of this distinguished award. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eF3hwuNC

CPPR Faculty Elected as AAPS Fellow CPPR Faculty Dr. Bodhi Chaudhuri has been elected an American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) | @aapscomms Fellow. He will be recognized at the upcoming AAPS PharmSci360 scientific conference in San Antonio, TX. Bodhi joins CPPR faculty Eric Munson, Diane Burgess, Xiuling Lu, QI (Tony) ZHOU, Raj Suryanarayanan, Robin Bogner, Tonglei Li, Stephen Byrn, Lynne Taylor, Yoon Yeo, and Calvin Sun, who were previously elected to fellow status. Congratulations, Dr. Chaudhuri!

CPPR Faculty Inducted as Fellow by the Controlled Release Society Dr. Xiuling Lu has been inducted into the College of Fellows of the Controlled Release Society (CRS). She joins CPPR Faculty Diane Burgess (UConn) and Yoon Yeo and Kinam Park (Purdue) who previously received this honor. A full list of inductees can be found here: https://lnkd.in/erheDEgf #pharmaceutics #pharmaceuticalprocessing

CPPR Faculty Receives Distinguished Service to Scholarship and Teaching Award During the CPPR Semi-Annual Scientific Conference held at UConn School of Pharmacy in May, Dr. Robin Bogner was presented with the Distinguished Service to Scholarship and Teaching Award. She received this award in recognition of her dedication to critical education and distinguished research which have made lasting contributions to the School of Pharmacy, inspiring generations, and shaping the future of pharmaceutical sciences. Congratulations to Dr. Bogner on this well-earned accomplishment! #pharmaceutics