Vinam Puri is currently a research scientist II at Solaris Pharma Corporation, Bridgewater, NJ and a visiting scientist at Rutgers University, NJ. He received his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Rutgers University in 2021. Vinam has about eight years of experience in pharmaceutical formulation development, about two years of which is industrial R&D. His areas of interest include topical formulation development, dermal drug delivery, ungual drug delivery, semi-solid formulations, liquid formulations, and sterile ophthalmic formulations. Vinam is a member of the American Institute of Pharmaceutical Scientists and has been a member of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists and Controlled Release Society in the past.