​Dr. Yazan Al Thaher is working as an Associate Professor of Nanotechnology and Pharmaceutics at faculty of Pharmacy in Philadelphia University, Amman, Jordan. The Major focus of Dr. Yazan’s research involves nanotechnology-based delivery systems for controlled drug release using advanced and novel technologies. His work involves synthesis and characterization of organic and polymeric nanoparticles, nanocomposites, drug delivery systems and advanced biomaterials. Dr. Yazan worked in a pharmaceutical company called Dar Al Dawa (Amman, Jordan) as Formulator in the R&D, then as a production section head. During that period, he studied Master’s degree at the University of Jordan. In 2015, Dr. Yazan was awarded a scholarship from Philadelphia University to commence his PhD studies in Cardiff University Wales, UK. He is an author for more than 30 publications and received funding from national and international grants (Philadelphia University and University of Jordan- Jordan, Cardiff University-UK, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University-Saudi Arabia). Dr Yazan has presented his work at numerous international and national conferences such as the 28th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB), Greece. Also, he presented his work in the 22nd International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (SIS), Oklahoma/USA. ​