Dr Roman Szucs of Pfizer World Wide Research & Development in Sandwich United Kingdom He obtained his PhD under the supervision of Professor Pat Sandra at the University of Ghent in Belgium investigating the separation and quantification of hop bitter acids in beer. This was followed by a post-doctoral position at Unilever Research Laboratory in Vlaardingen (The Netherlands) where the focus of his research was on polymer characterisation. Dr Szucs joined Pfizer in 1997 working in the Separation Technology group and is currently a Senior Research Fellow. His role and group has evolved over his sixteen years at Pfizer but the development and implementation of separation methods and technologies to the Full-Development portfolio continues to be his primary interest. He is Chair of the Science Implementation Panel for the Pfizer Analytical Research Centre programme which includes the Universities of Ghent (Belgium) and Tasmania (Australia). Roman is a visiting Professor at the University of Ghent, Belgium and Adjunct Professor at Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland.