José Luís Santos, PhD

Hovione
Director of Continuous Tableting Center of Excellence
Dr. Santos is a Chemical Engineer by training (degree and PhD). His academic career includes a post-doc research experience, teaching, and leading a research group. He joined Hovione in 2011 as a Particle Design engineer, where he developed a large number of projects across all scales of spray drying, including two that reached commercial stage. In 2014 Dr. Santos moved to the business side as Head of Technology in Particle Engineering Services. From 2015 to 2017 he led both Knowledge Management and Innovation areas in the company. As of October 2017, he assumed new responsibilities at the Hovione site in New Jersey (USA), where he is leading the operations in Drug Product Continuous Manufacturing. Dr. Santos is the author of eighteen papers, one book chapter, and holds five patents.