Mircea Alexandru Mateescu, who graduated in Chemistry–Biochemistry from the University of Bucharest, earned a Ph.D. from Bucharest Polytechnic University and an “Honorary Laurea” from the Rome University “La Sapienza”. His research includes self-assembling pharmaceutical excipients and therapeutic enzymes. His achievements include more than 140 articles and the launching of Contramid®/cross-linked starch drug delivery patented technology. His recognitions are the Bombardier Prize (1999) for Technological Innovation in Canada, the Venezia Prize (Italian Chamber of Commerce, 2012), and the Research-Career Prize (UQAM, 2014). Currently, he is a Professor of Biochemistry and the Head of the Research Chair on Enteric Dysfunctions at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).