Leslie Z. Benet

Leslie 'Les' Zachary Benet (born May 17, 1937) is an influential pharmaceutical scientist Leiden University, The Netherlands (Ph.D., 1995) University of Illinois at Chicago (D.Sc., 1997) Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (D.Sc., 1997) Long Island University (D.Sc., 1999) University of Athens, Greece (Ph.D., 2005) Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (Ph.D., 2010) University of Michigan (D.Sc., 2011) University of Lisbon, Portugal (Ph.D., 2016)

Scientific/professional honors and awards Distinguished Alumnus Award (University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, 1982) Research Achievement Award in Pharmaceutics (Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1982) Elected to the US National Academy of Medicine (1987) Distinguished Service Award (ACCP, 1988) Distinguished Scientist Award (AAPS, 1989)* Rho Chi Society Lecture Award (The Rho Chi Society, 1990) Volwiler Distinguished Research Achievement Award (AACP, 1991) Distinguished Service Profile Award (American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education, 1993) Rawls-Palmer Progress in Medicine Award (American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 1995) Distinguished Service Award (AAPS, 1996) Takeru Higuchi Research Prize (APhA, 2000) Wurster Research Award in Pharmaceutics (AAPS, 2000) Høst-Madsen Medal (FIP, 2001) Research Achievement Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress, 2004) Career Achievement Award in Oral Drug Delivery (Controlled Release Society, 2004) Paul Ehrlich Magic-Bullet Lifetime Achievement Award (Nürnberg, Germany, 2008) Oscar B. Hunter Memorial Award in Therapeutics (American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2010) Distinguished Investigator Award (ACCP, 2011) APhA-APRS Ebert Prize Teaching awards Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award (UCSF, 1973) Long Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching (UCSF School of Pharmacy, 1990) Outstanding Faculty Mentorship Award (UCSF Graduate Division, 2001 and 2016)