Takeru Higuchi

Takeru Higuchi (January 1, 1918 – March 24, 1987) was an American chemist who was widely known as "the father of physical pharmacy".

[1] He invented the time-release medication capsule,[2] which would release medicine slowly into the bloodstream.

Higuchi was born on January 1, 1918, near Los Altos, California, and completed his Bachelor of Chemistry with Honors in 1939 at the University of California and his doctorate in physical and organic chemistry in 1943 at the University of Wisconsin.

[3] In 1961, he published the Higuchi equation, which models the rate at which an ointment releases its medication.

[4] In 1964, he was made the university's Edward Kremmer Professor of Pharmacy.