Branko Bugarski is a Professor at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy. He obtained his BS degree at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy at the University of Belgrade in 1983 and received his M.Sc. degree at the Iowa State University USA in 1986. Between 1988 and 1989 as a part of a PhD program, he worked at Queens University Canada and obtained a PhD degree in 1992 at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy at the University of Belgrade. Between 1992 and 1994, he worked as a postdoc fellow at Queens University, Canada, and as a visiting scholar in 1998 at Oregon State University and MIT, USA. He was elected to the position of associate professor in 1999. He was elected to the position of full professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering in 2006, and the position of Research professor at the Institute for Medical Research in 2001. He was the Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, TMF from 2011 to 2014, and Program Coordinator for the study area of Pharmaceutical Engineering, TMF from 2007 to 2013. He was the assistant minister for technological development and innovation of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia in the period from 2014 to 2016. His research interests include the micro-encapsulation of cells, immobilized bioreactor systems, and the application of nanoparticles in medicine and pharmacy.