Finalists Announced for Lifetime Achievement Award

Posted: January 27, 2010

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Johann Wiechers has more than 20 years of experience in the cosmetics industry and is known as an educator and spokesperson within the field. After receiving his doctorate in transdermal drug delivery, Wiechers worked both for Unilever Research as a dermal delivery team leader, and at Uniqema as the company’s skin R&D director. In 2007, he established his own company, JW Solutions, where he continues to work as an independent consultant to companies in the cosmetic science industry. In the same year, he was also appointed as a visiting professor for the School of Pharmacy at the University of London, where he continues to teach today.

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Wiechers serves as technical advisor for Allured Business Media and is a regular author for both Cosmetics & Toiletries magazine and Allured Books. Having written more than 350 papers, posters, presentations, columns and patents, Wiechers has shown dedication to cosmetic education. He is known for his work on "Formulating for Efficacy," a systematic approach to formulation design that allows the cosmetic industry to make more effective cosmetic products using lower ingredients levels. He has been a member of the IFSCC Praesidium since 1998 and is the immediate past president. Wiechers also founded the Ecatarina Merica Cosmetic Education Program, a program that brings educational workshops to financially challenged member societies.