ARMANDO DA SILVA-CUNHA - Full Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND: Pharmacy, UFMG, Brazil, 1986; Unversité Paris XI - DEA in Pharmacotechnics and Biopharmacy, 1995; Ph.D., Unversité Paris XI, Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1997; Postdoctoral researcher, conducting research on ocular drug delivery. UMRS 872 - INSERM, Paris, France, 2005. RESEARCH INTERESTS: Development of drug delivery systems (ODDS) to the posterior segment of the eye; nanotechnology in ophthalmic drug delivery strategies for the treatment of retinal diseases; and development of new methods for the evaluation of the toxicity of ODDS. ORCID: 0000-0002-1161-8936