Bernhardt L. Trout

Bernhardt L. Trout is the Raymond F. Baddour, ScD, (1949) Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. He received his S.B. and S.M. degrees from MIT and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. In addition, he performed post-doctoral research at the Max-Planck Institute.

Trout’s research focuses on the development of advanced manufacturing processes and rational tools for formulation and product design, primarily liquid formulations, but also lyophilized formulations. A major aspect of his work relates to the development of both microscopic and macroscopic models to design stable formulations efficiently. Together with colleagues from MIT, he set-up the Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing in 2007 which until 2019 actively pursued the objective of transforming pharmaceutical production.

He has published over 200 papers and has 18 patents issued or pending.