Robert O. Williams III

Robert O. Williams III serves as Division Head and Professor of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery at the College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, holding the Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Pharmacy and serving as Editor-in-chief of AAPS PharmSciTech.

His research centers on formulation development and delivery optimization for small organic compounds, peptides, and proteins. Key technologies include depot drug delivery, oral delivery, and pulmonary/nasal/ophthalmic delivery systems, with significant focus on enhancing drug solubility through particle engineering methods like thin film freezing, precipitation processes, and hot melt extrusion. The lab employs advanced analytical techniques such as cascade impaction, HPLC, GC, X-ray diffraction, SEM, AFM, and laser light diffraction for comprehensive material characterization.

Dr. Williams actively mentors graduate students, including Siyuan Huang (Ph.D. 2017) and Zachary Warnken, with his research group comprising graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and visiting scholars as documented in 2016-17 cohort photographs. The Williams' Lab maintains a robust operational infrastructure for pharmaceutical research and development within the university's Pharmacy complex.