Michael Ayodele ODENIYI is a Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. He obtained his B. Pharm degree and completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. He is a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria and a registered Pharmacist. He is also a Fellow of the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists. Professor Odeniyi is a member of scientific societies such as National Association of Pharmacists in Academia, Materials Society of Nigeria amongst others. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Japan, a TWAS Postdoctoral Fellow at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, and a Visiting Professor, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye. He has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Nigerian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. He has supervised many B. Pharm, and several M.Sc., PGD, and Ph.D. students in Pharmaceutics, Drug Development, and Biomedical Engineering disciplines. He has served as an External Examiner at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels to several universities in Nigeria and abroad, including Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, University of Lagos, and Rhodes University, South Africa. He has also served as an assessor for professorial candidates at the University of Lagos, University of Port Harcourt, Delta State University, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, amongst others. Prof. Odeniyi’s main area of research interest is on Drug and Vaccine delivery using bioadhesive polymers from natural sources. He also researches into formulation development of nanoparticles from starches and biosynthesized metallic particles. He has published chapters in books, conference proceedings, and many research articles in journals as an author/co-author. He has attended a number of scientific conferences and workshops with presentations.