Yahya E. Choonara earned his Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Witwatersrand and his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the same institution. He is now the Personal Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology and Director of the Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform (WADDP) Research Unit at the University of Witwatersrand. His work in pharmaceutical sciences has resulted in over 400 publications, 298 presentations, 73 book chapters, and 2 edited books; memberships, including Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, The World Academy of Sciences, and the Academy of Science of South Africa; and awards including the FIP Distinguished Pharmaceutical Science Award (2022), DSI Top IP Creator Award, and AU-TWAS Award for Pharma Innovation in Africa. His research interests include Pharmaceutics, Drug Delivery, Nanomedicine, Biopolymers, Optimization, Biomaterials, and 3D Printing.