Dr. Teruo Murakami was a Japanese pharmaceutical educator, who retired in March 2018 and is now a Professor Emeritus. He was a Recipient of the Meritorious Manuscript Award, from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, in 1992. His educational experience includes receiving a Bachelor of Science from Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan, in 1972, as well as a Master of Science (1975) and a Doctor of Philosophy (1979) at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University. His research experience includes being an Assistant professor at Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1972—1974, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan, 1980—1988, Associate professor, 1988—2004, and Graduate School Biomedical Sciences Hiroshima University, 2004—2005. he has been a professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Kure, Japan, since 2005. During this research experience, he studied chemical delivery systems as a postdoctoral researcher, 1984-1985, and soft drugs as an invited Associate professor, in 1992, at Professor Nicholas Bodor's lab at the University of Florida. He was a member of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Japan, Pharmaceutical Society Japan, Japan Society of Drug Delivery Systems, and the Japanese Society Study of Xenobiotics.