Since 2023, Dr. Dimitar Peshev has been a Vice-Rector for Research and International Affairs at the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy (UCTM). He is a former Marie Curie Experienced Researcher and an Honorary Research Associate at Imperial College London. From 2020 to 2023, he was Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering. For the past fifteen years, Dr. Peshev has gained considerable practical and theoretical experience in the application of membrane separation for the purification and processing of active pharmaceutical ingredients and natural extracts during his working stays at companies specializing in the production of membrane filters and their application in chemical technologies (Evonik MET Ltd., UK; GVS Filter Technology Spa, Italy), as well as during his postdoctoral specializations in the research group of Prof. Andrew Livingston (Imperial College London, UK). From 2012 to 2013, Dr. Peshev focused on the field of multiscale modeling in organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN), with a view to the practical implementation of the laboratory results. As a result, in collaboration with Prof. Livingston, he developed and implemented the so-called OSN Designer software tool. One of his pioneering publications in the field of OSN application to the processing of natural extracts was awarded as the most cited publication for 2011 and 2012 by the journal "Chemical Engineering Research and Design".