Prof. Ashish Kumar leads a research group in the discipline of Pharmaceutical Engineering at the Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium. Before joining Ghent University, he worked as a Senior Process Engineer at the drug product development division of Janssen Pharmaceutica, Belgium. He obtained his PhD from Ghent University in 2015 for his research on the mechanistic modeling of twin-screw granulation for continuous solid-dosage manufacturing in pharmaceutical production. After that, he worked as a postdoc for 1.5 years on modeling the tablet compression process with a goal to develop a predictive platform for the direct compression process. Earlier, he obtained his Professional Doctorate in Engineering degree from the Technical University of Delft and worked for Janssen Pharmaceutica in Leiden, The Netherlands. His research interests lie in developing insights regarding the constitutive mechanisms of various pharmaceutical processes by combining experimental and mechanistic modeling frameworks to provide innovative solutions.