KINAM PARK, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics and Showalter Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. He is also the President of Akina, Inc., specializing in drug delivery. Dr. Park is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Controlled Release among other journal and advisory board appointments. The recipient of the Controlled Release Society Founders Award in 2004, Dr. Park has published nine books, more than a hundred chapters, and more than two hundred journal articles, and holds sixteen patents.