Taishi Higashi
Kumamoto University, Japan
Biography
Taishi Higashi took part in a half-year internship of Evonik Röhm GmbH & Co., Darmstadt, Germany in 2008. Then, he obtained PhD (Pharmaceutical Sciences) at Kumamoto University, Japan in 2009. In 2009-2011, he became a Research Scientist of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Japan, and engaged self-medication business such as oral solid formulation. From 2011, he works as a Research Associate in the Department of Physical Pharmaceutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Kumamoto University, Japan. In 2013-2014, he became a Guest Researcher at Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore. From 2016, he holds the additional post as a Technical Adviser in CyDing Co., Ltd. His research topic is “supramolecular pharmaceutical sciences” which combines Pharmaceutical Sciences and Supramolecular Chemistry.