The following publications are representative of Dr. Romañach’s research efforts. These publications may be obtained free of charge from the indicated web sites:

R. Parrilla, M. Vega, M. Pabón, and R. J. Romañach, “Innovation Within the PAT Context”, Journal of Process Analytical Technology, 2006, 3(4), 25-28

C. Peroza Meza, M.A. Santos, and R.J. Romañach, “Quantitation of drug content in a low dosage formulation by Transmission Near Infrared Spectroscopy”, 2006, 7(1), Article 29 (http://www.aapspharmscitech.org)

R.J. Romañach, “Presenting PAT to Non-PAT Experts”, Journal of Process Analytical Technology, 2006, 3(1),22-25

C. Peroza Meza, M.A. Santos, and R.J. Romañach, “Quantitation of drug content in a low dosage formulation by Transmission Near Infrared Spectroscopy”, 2006, 7(1), Article 29 (http://www.aapspharmscitech.org).

R.J. Romañach, “Presenting PAT to Non-PAT Experts”, Journal of Process Analytical Technology, 2006, 3(1), 22 – 25.

J. Colón Soto, C. Peroza Meza, W. Caraballo, C. Conde, T. Li, K.R. Morris3, and R.J. Romañach, "On Line Non-Destructive Determination of Drug Content in Moving Tablets Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy", Journal of Process Analytical Technology, 2005, 2(5), 8-15. (www.patjournal.com)

G. Cook, T. Navedo, P. Pérez, M. Hormaza, R. Cooley, and R.J. Romañach, "PAT from A to Z - News from Induniv Forum for Innovation Meeting", Journal of Process Analytical Technology, 2005, 2(3), 21 - 23.

R.J. Romañach, "News from the PRPQA Meeting: Progress in PAT and Pharmaceutical Quality for the 21st Century", Journal of Process Analytical Technology, 2005, 2(2), 21 - 22. (http://www.patjournal.com)

R.J. Romañach, “Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry: Bringing the Pharmaceutical Industry to the Classroom”, Journal of Process Analytical Technology, 2004, 1(2), 19 - 23. (http://www.patjournal.com)

R.J. Romañach, “Is PAT the Beginning of a Revolution in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing? - A Personal Interpretation of the PAT Initiative”, Journal of Process Analytical Technology, 2004, 1 publications.html (1), 10 - 12. (http://www.patjournal.com)

R.J. Romañach and M.A. Santos, “Content Uniformity Testing with Near Infrared Spectroscopy”, American Pharmaceutical Review, 2003, 6(2), 62 - 67. (http://www.americanpharmaceuticalreview.com)

Popo M, Romero-Torres S, Conde C and Romañach RJ, “Blend Uniformity Analysis Using Stream Sampling and Near Infrared Spectroscopy”, AAPS PharmSciTech 2002; 3 (3) article 24 (http://www.aapspharmscitech.org).

J.L. Ramirez, M.K. Bellamy, and R.J. Romañach, “A novel method for Analyzing Thick Tablets by Near Infrared Spectroscopy”, AAPS PharmSciTech 2001; 2 (3) article 11 (http://www.aapspharmscitech.org).



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Dr. Romañach is currently Professor of Chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Campus. He completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1986 at the University of Georgia under the direction of Dr. James A. de Haseth. He also participated in undergraduate research with Dr. Charles O’Connor at the University of New Orleans from where he graduated in 1982.

He has over 20 years of experience in vibrational spectroscopy, and worked in Puerto Rico’s pharmaceutical industry for 12 years prior to joining the UPR-Mayagüez faculty. In the pharmaceutical industry he worked extensively in assay and cleaning validation, and in providing analytical support for API and pharmaceutical process related problems. He currently teaches Quantitative Chemical Analysis and Instrumental Analysis courses, and has developed a new course titled Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry (QUIM 5205).

He started developing and teaching continuing education courses for industry professionals in 1990 and has offered over 10 different short courses, and in October 2000 organized a two day technology exchange workshop on Near Infrared Spectroscopy for INDUNIV (Puerto Industry University & Government Research Consortium) members. His areas of research are the development of near infrared spectroscopic methods for applications of interest to the pharmaceutical industry, teaching chemometrics to industry professionals, and strengthening industry/university interactions. His research projects have been funded by INDUNIV, the NSF Center of Pharmaceutical Process Research, PRIDCO (Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company) and Bruker Optics.

Dr. Romañach has also worked with Dr. Rosa Buxeda and Dr. Lorenzo Saliceti in the establishment of the Amgen Biotechnology Learning Center, and has served as industrial liaison for the Industrial Biotechnology program ( http://biotech.uprm.edu ).

Last Update: March 20, 2007