Dr Philip Labuschagne
CSIR principal researcher
Labuschagne’s research interests lie in developing polymer-based encapsulation technologies for pharmaceutical actives (such as drugs, vaccines, phytochemicals, bacteria) using ‘green’ supercritical CO2-based processes.
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Labuschagne holds a DTech in polymer technology from the Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa. He became a CSIR senior researcher in 2011 and works on establishing a drug encapsulation platform-technology based on ‘green’ supercritical CO2 technologies. Labuschagne has published numerious articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented at various nationa and international conferences.
Expertise: Polymer technology; Encapsulation technology; Characterisation of encapsulated actives
Academic qualifications:
- MTech (Polymer Technology), Tshwane University of Technology, 2004
- DTech (Polymer Technology), Tshwane University of Technology, 2011
