Prior to forming the Center for Pharmaceutical Physics,
Dr. Brittain was Vice President for Pharmaceutical Development of Discovery Laboratories, Inc. Before that, he served as Director of Pharmaceutical Development at Ohmeda, Inc., and also led a variety of groups within the Analytical R&D department at Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Dr. Brittain is a graduate of Queens College (B.S., 1970; M.S. 1972), and of the City University of New York (Ph.D. in physical chemistry, 1975). He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Virginia, and has held faculty positions at Ferrum College (Assistant Professor of Chemistry) and Seton Hall University (Associate Professor of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry). He has been Adjunct Professor of Pharmaceutics at Rutgers University, and presently holds a position as Visiting Research Scientist in the Chemistry Department at Lehigh University.
Dr. Brittain has authored approximately 225 research publications and book chapters, and has edited the monographs Physical Characterization of Pharmaceutical Solids, Polymorphism in Pharmaceutical Solids, and Analytical Applications of Circular Dichroism. Dr. Brittain is a member of the editorial boards of Pharmaceutical Research, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Development and Technology PharmSci, Pharmaceutical Technology, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, Chirality, and Instrumentation Science and Technology. He is also the Editor for the book series Analytical Profiles of Drug Substances and Excipients, and is Chairman of the USP Committee 'Excipients: Substances and Characterization as a member of the Council of Experts. Dr. Brittain was elected as a Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (AAPS) in 1991, and received the AAPS Research Achievement Award in Analysis and Pharmaceutical Quality in 1998.
