Pharmaceutical Technology & Solid-State Research Laboratory 

Dr. Araujo holds a BS in Pharmacy-Biochemistry from the University of São Paulo (São Paulo, SP, Brazil) and received his Ph.D.  in Production and Quality Control of Drugs and Medicines from the same institution in 2009 under the supervision of Prof. Jivaldo R. Matos. In 2016-2017 he conducted post-doctoral research at Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy at Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN, USA) with Prof. Stephen R. Byrn. He accumulated more than 11 years of  industrial experience working on Research, Development, and Innovation at large pharmaceutical companies.  Since 2013 he has been a Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of São Paulo.   His research interests include: advanced solid state technologies and techniques to improve  and accelerate the development of medicines (in special thermal analysis and  high-energy X-ray and Pair Distribution Function); Amorphous Solid Dispersions; Nanocrystals; Advanced Manufacturing Technologies.