Ayse Nur OKTAY is an assistant professor at the University of Health Sciences, Gulhane, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, in Turkey. She completed her Ph.D. degree at Gazi University Department of Pharmaceutical Technology under the mentorship of Professor Dr. Nevin ÇELEBİ, and then she joined the research group of Prof. James Polli as a visiting scientist at the University of Maryland, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Her research focused on nanosuspension, the high-pressure homogenization technique, nanogel, skin permeability studies, quality by design, drug delivery, dissolution and permeation systems, micelle diffusion, and mathematical modeling. She is the inventor of three projects which are supported by the Scientific Research Project Foundation of Gazi University and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. She has carried out oral/poster presentations at national/international conferences and has published research articles in SCI(E) journals.