Publication

2026

Academic papers

• "Integrating machine learning and CFD-derived hydrodynamics for predictive scale-up of combined cooling and antisolvent crystallization"
  Kensaku Matsunami, Yash Barhate, Antonello Raponi, Varun Sundarkumar, Guanghui Zhu, Neda Nazemifard, Charles Papageorgiou, Zoltan K. Nagy
  Chemical Engineering Journal 548, 181334 (2026).

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  • DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2026.181334
• "Enhanced Scale-Up of Rotor-Stator Wet Milling Using Population Balance Modeling with a Novel Exponential Shear-Activated Kernel"
  Kensaku Matsunami, Álmos Orosz, Varun Sundarkumar, Guanghui Zhu, Neda Nazemifard, Charles D. Papageorgiou, Zoltán K. Nagy
  Organic Process Research & Development 30, 9, 2484-2494 (2026).

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  • DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.6c00161
• "Hydrogenation Process Development in a Data-Rich Environment"
  Peter Sagmeister, Kensaku Matsunami, Giovanni Aprile, Darren A. Whitaker, Mohammed Janoudi, Thomas Toupy, Adrian Ramirez Galilea, Neda Nazemifard, Charles D. Papageorgiou, Aparajith Bhaskar, John Mack, Richard D. Braatz, Allan S. Myerson
  Organic Process Research & Development 30, 7, 2008-2018 (2026).

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  • DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.6c00149
• "PharmaPy 2.0: Dynamic process modeling and analysis of end-to-end continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing"
  Mohammad Shahab, Kensaku Matsunami, Zoltan K. Nagy, Gintaras V. Reklaitis
  Computers & Chemical Engineering 209, 109593 (2026).

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  • DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2026.109593

Peer-reviewed proceedings

• "Uncertainty-aware model validation framework for pharmaceutical process development"
  Kensaku Matsunami, Yash Barhate, Zoltan Nagy
  Systems and Control Transactions 5, 611-617 (2026).

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  • DOI: 10.69997/sct.156975

International conferences

• "Uncertainty-aware model validation framework for pharmaceutical process development"
  (Poster) Kensaku Matsunami, Yash Barhate, Zoltan Nagy
  The 36th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-36), 21-24 June 2026, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK (2026).

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Domestic conferences/Symposia

• "低分子医薬品プロセスにおけるモデリング研究の最前線−アジアと欧米での研究経験を経て"
  (Oral) Kensaku Matsunami
  PSE Japan 2026, 15-16 May 2026, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (2026).

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