Dr. Geert Verreck
Dr. Geert Verreck is a Scientific Director and Fellow in Drug Product Development at Janssen R&D in Beerse, Belgium. His expertise is in the area of oral solid development, from preformulation to early and late development as well as transfer to commercial manufacturing. Dr. Verreck specifically has expertise in enabling technology platforms such as hot melt extrusion, spray drying, bead coating, supercritical fluid technology and nanotechnology (particle size reduction via milling and electrostatic spinning). He started working for J&J in 1995 after graduating as a chemical engineer. In 2005 he received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. He has published 38 peer reviewed journal articles as author or co-author and holds 8 patents in the area of solid dispersions. Dr. Verreck also presented approximately 90 meeting abstracts and delivered approximately 50 oral presentations. He is also the recipient or co-recipient of various recognitions including the ISASF (International Society for the Advancement of Supercritical Fluids) PhD thesis award (2005), the J&J Philip B. Hofmann Award (2006), the J&J Business Excellence Award (2008), the J&J Standards of Leadership Award (2009).