Eric J. Munson

Dane O. Kildsig Chair in Industrial and Physical Pharmacy
Education
Dissertation Title - In Situ Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Reactions in Zeolite Catalysts
Doctoral Advisor - Professor James F. Haw
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
1987-88 Fulbright Fellow
Technical University of Munich, Munich, West Germany
1983-87 B.A., Summa Cum Laude
Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Major: Chemistry, Physics / Minor: Mathematics
Research
Dr. Munson is a world expert in the characterization of pharmaceutical solids using a variety of analytical techniques, with an emphasis on solid-state spectroscopy.
Lab Members
Daniel F. DeNeve (Graduate Student with Dr. Eric Munson)
Travis W. Jarrells (Visiting Scholar with Dr. Eric Munson)
Cole Tower (Graduate Student with Dr. Eric Munson)
Tianyun (Ophelia) Zhang (Graduate Student w Dr. Eric Munson)
Representative Publications
Sarpal, K.; Delaney, S.; Zhang, G. G. Z.; Munson, E. J. “Phase Behavior of Amorphous Solid Dispersions of Felodipine: Homogeneity and Drug-Polymer Interactions” Mol. Pharm. 2019, 16, 4836-4851.
Honick, M.; Sarpal, K.; Alayoubi, A.; Zidan, A.; Hoag, S. W.; Hollenbeck, R. G.; Munson, E. J.; Polli, J. E. “Utility of Films to Anticipate Effect of Drug Load and Polymer on Dissolution Performance from Tablets of Amorphous Itraconazole Spray-Dried Dispersions” AAPS PharmSciTech, 2019, 20 (331), 1-13.
Kalra, A., Lubach, J. W.; Munson, E. J.; Li, T. “Exploring Molecular Speciation and Crystallization Mechanism of Amorphous 2-Phenylamino Nicotinic Acid” Pharmaceuticaal Research, 2018, 35, 51.
Dachavaram, S. S.; Penthala, N. R.; Calahan, J. L.; Munson, E. J.; Crooks, P. A. “Highly sulphated cellulose: a versatile, reusable and selective desilylating agent for deprotection of alcoholic TBDMS ethers”, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2018, 16, 6057-6062.
Luthra, S.; Utz, M.: Gorman, E; Pikal, M.; Munson, E; Lubach, J. "Carbon-Deuterium Rotational-Echo Double-Resonance NMR Spectroscopy of Lyophilizated Asparame Formulations" J. Pharm. Sci 2012, 101, 283-290
Dempah, K.E.; Barich, D.H.; Kaushal, A.M.; Zong, Z.; Desai, S.D.; Suryanarayanan R.; Kirsh, L.; Munson, E.J. "Investigating gabapentin polymorphism using solid-state NMR spectroscopy" AAPS PharmSciTech 2013, 14, 19-23
Pyszczynski, S.J.; Munson, E.J.; "Generation and Characterization of a New Solid Form of Trehalose" Molecular Pharm. 2013, 10, 3323-3332
Yuan, X.; Sperger, D.; Munson, E.J. "Investigating Miscibility and Molecular Mobility of Nifedipine-PVP Amorphous Solid Dispersions Using Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy" Molecular Pharm, 2014, 11, 329-337
Yuan, X., Xiang, T.-X.; Anderson, B.; Munson, E.J. "Hydrogen Bonding Interactions in Amorphous Indomethacin and its Amorphous Solid Dispersions with Poly(vinylpyrrolidone) and Poly)vinylpyrrolidone-co-vinyl acetate) Studied Using 13C Solid-State NMR" Molecular Pharm, 2015, 12, 4518-4528.
Mensink, M.A.; Nethercott, M.; Hinriches, W.L.; van der Voort Maarschalk, K.; Friklink, H.W.; Munson, E.J.; Pikal, M.J. "Influence of Miscibility of Protein-Sugar Lyophilizates on Their Storage Stability" AAPS J, 2016.
Dempah, K.E.; Lubach, J.W.; Munson, E'J' "Characterization of the Particle Size and Polydispersity of Dicumarol Using Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy" Molecular Pharm., 2017, 14, 856-865. (Correction for lead author, 2017, 14, 1319-1319).
Delaney, S.P.; Nethercott, M.J.; Mays, C.J.; Winquist, N.T.; Arthur, D.; Calahan, J.L.; Sethi, M.; Pardue, D.S.; Kim, J.; Amidon, G.; Munson, E.J. "Characterization of Synthesized and Commercial Forms of Magnesium Stearate Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Thermogravimetric Analysis, Powder X-Ray Diffraction, and Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy", J. Pharm. Sci, 2017, 106, 338-347.
Hanrahan, M., Venkatesh, A., Carnahan, J., Lunach, J. Munson, E.j.; & Rossini, A. "Enhancing the resolution of 1H and 13C solid-state NMR spectra by reduction of anisotropic bulk magnetic susceptibility broadening." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics; PCCP, 2017, 19(41), 28153-28162