Informa Pharmaceutical Science, the pharmaceutical science division of Informa Healthcare, has announced the appointment of Prof. Vladimir Torchilin as the new Co-Editor of its journal, Drug Delivery. Prof. Torchilin is currently a Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director at the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine at Northeastern's Bouvé College of Health Sciences.
Prof. Torchilin's career began when, at 16, he was admitted two years early to an academically rigorous science programme at the Moscow State University. He earned an MS degree in Polymer Science and a PhD in Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis by the age of 25. He was one of the youngest scientists ever to win the Lenin Prize - the highest scientific award in the former Soviet Union.
In his latest role, Prof. Torchilin will work alongside Dr. Alfred Stracher as co-Editor of Drug Delivery. The journal is focused on drug delivery research, innovation and news.
