The University of Western Ontario has named particle technology researcher Jesse Zhu a 2012 Distinguished University Professorship winner. Zhu, a professor and Canada Research Chair in Powder Technology Applications in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Western, has published a number of papers related to dry powder inhalation.
Zhu has been granted several patents related to respiratory drug delivery, including one for an excipient-free DPI granted in October 2011.
Read the UWO press release.