Dr. Carsten Uhd Nielsen is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy of the University of Southern Denmark. Prior to that, he was an Associate Professor at the School of Pharmacy at the University of Copenhagen. He graduated as a Pharmacist from the Royal Danish School of Pharmacy in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he also obtained a Ph.D. degree, specializing in prodrugs targeting solute carriers. His research focus is currently on amino acid and efflux transporters in relation to cancer targeting and intestinal drug absorption.