Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy is the Professor of Formulation Science in the School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, United Kingdom. He is one of the leading researchers in pharmaceutical and biomedical application of polymers. Prof. Khutoryanskiy's research interests include transmucosal drug delivery (ocular, nasal, oral, vaginal intravesical), mucoadhesive materials, mucosa penetration, hydrogels, nanoparticles, pharmaceutical polymers, stimuli-responsive polymers, and encapsulation technologies. He has published over 180 original research papers and 27 reviews.