Noureddine Khiar received a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Strasbourg, France. After several post-doctoral stays in the USA and Europe, he joined in 1997 the newly created Institute of Chemical Research (IIQ, CSIC – University of Seville). He is currently the Director of the IIQ, Senior Research Scientist of the CSIC, Principal Investigator of the group "Asymmetric Synthesis and Functional Nanosystems", and responsible for the research group of the Junta de Andalucía "Organic Synthesis and Molecular Recognition". His main scientific interests are the rational design of bionanomaterials and their applications in medicine, and the development of new asymmetric transformations for the synthesis of biologically relevant products.