Dr. Yong Guo is currently Professor of Pharmaceutical Science at the School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey, USA. After obtaining his Ph.D degree in Chemistry, Dr. Guo completed one-year postdoctoral training at the Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Canada. Prior to returning to academia, Dr. Guo worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 15 years and contributed to the development and approval of a few FDA-approved drugs. His research interest focuses on retention mechanisms in HILIC, quality assessment of herbal medicine preparations, in vitro drug release, and drug stability and degradation mechanisms.