Thomas Rades

Prof. Thomas Rades has vast experience in technical development and drug delivery gained over more than 25 years in industry and academic research. He is currently holding the position of Research Chair in Pharmaceutical Design and Drug Delivery at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

Prof. Rades graduated with a Master’s in Pharmacy from the University of Hamburg, Germany, and obtained his Ph.D. at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. Prof. Rades has spent time in the industry at F. Hoffmann – La Roche in Switzerland and in academic research mostly in New Zealand and Denmark, where he collaborated successfully with colleagues across the globe. In 2014, he received an honorary doctorate from Åbo Academi University, Turku, Finland.

Prof. Rades has developed an international reputation for his research in the physical characterization of drugs in solid dosage forms as well as in vaccine delivery using nanoparticulate systems (both polymeric and lipid-based). Prof. Rades has published more than 400 papers in international peer-review journals as well as several book chapters, one book and applied for more than 14 patents.

His key research interests are in the formulation and drug delivery and the physical characterizations in both solid and liquid crystalline matter. His research in both areas aims to improve drug therapy through the appropriate formulation of medicines and to increase the understanding of the physicochemical properties of drugs and medicines, which combines physical, chemical, and biological sciences and technology to optimally formulate drugs for use in humans as well as animals.