Vincent H.L. Lee is Research Professor of School of Pharmacy, where he was professor and director from 2006 to 2014. Prior to that he was Associate Director at the Office of Pharmaceutical Science, US Food and Drug Administration; Vice President of Biological, Formulation and Material Science at ALZA; and, Gavin S. Herbert Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor of Ophthalmology, Chairman of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Affairs at the University of Southern California (USC). Professor Lee is a world-renowned leader in drug delivery. His research was funded by the National Institutes of Health in the United States for more than 20 years, a record that has placed him among the top 5% of all the NIH grant applicants. He has published more than 200 papers in three inter-related areas. They are: (a) defining the biochemical barriers to peptide and protein drug delivery; (b) elucidating the structure-function of drug transporters; and (c) characterizing the pharmacokinetic barriers to drug delivery in treating retinal degenerative diseases. Over 30 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scientists from North America, Asia, and Europe have been trained by Professor Lee. Several international honors and awards, including the Young Investigator Award of the Controlled Release Society, Research Achievement Award in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, and Pharmaceutical Scientist of the Year award of the FIP Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences, have recognized Professor Lee’s research accomplishments. In 2002, he was awarded a Citation of Merit by the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy (only an honorary degree constitutes a higher honor than a citation). In 2003, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of London, United Kingdom. Professor Lee was elected President of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists in 1996 and of the Controlled Release Society in 1993. A member of several editorial advisory boards and scientific advisory boards, Professor Lee was editor-in-chief ofJournal of Drug Targeting, Pharmaceutical Research and Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews.