Dr. Vitor H. Pomin is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacognosy and Assistant Research Professor at the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Mississippi. He pursued his undergraduate course at the Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, and graduate studies in Biological Chemistry at the Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis (IBqM), UFRJ. He received his Diploma of Licentiate, M.S., and Ph.D. in 2003, 2005, and 2008, respectively, all from UFRJ. After completing his Ph.D., he pursued a post-doctorate at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, until 2011. After this time and prior to joining the University of Mississippi, he was an Assistant professor of Biological Chemistry, Biochemistry, Glycobiology, and NMR Spectroscopy (IBqM/UFRJ). He has over 110 published articles in peer-reviewed journals and has served as the main editor for six academic/scientific books. He currently serves as an editorial member and frequent ad hoc reviewer of many internationally recognized journals, like the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Chemical Reviews, Carbohydrate Polymers, Carbohydrate Research, Marine Drugs, Analytical Chemistry, Glycobiology, Journal of Natural Products, PLoS ONE, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, and many others. He conducts research on glycobiology (mostly sulfated polysaccharides), structural (glyco)biology, and NMR spectroscopy.