Frank Caruso received his PhD degree from The University of Melbourne (1994). After a postdoctoral research fellow appointment at the CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers in Melbourne (1994-1997), he was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) of Colloids and Interfaces (Germany). From 1998-2002, he was group leader at the MPI. Since 2002, he has held the positions of Professor, Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and Director of the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at The University of Melbourne. His research interests focus on developing advanced nano- and biomaterials for applications in biotechnology and medicine. He has published over 230 peer-reviewed papers and nine book chapters, and is on the ISI’s most highly cited list. He is also co-inventor of more than 25 patents and is co-founder of Capsulution Nanoscience AG, a drug delivery company. He has been awarded a number of awards for his scientific achievements, including a German BMBF Biofuture Award (1999), the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Rennie Memorial Medal (2000), the Royal Society of Chemistry-Royal Australian Chemical Institute Exchange Medal (2001), the Australian Academy of Science Le Fevre Memorial Prize (2005), the Royal Australian Chemical Institute David Sangster Polymer Science and Technology Achievement Award (2006), and Australian Research Council Federation Fellowships (2001 and 2007). He is an Editor of Chemistry of Materials and is on the editorial advisory boards ofAdvanced Functional Materials, Nano Today and Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2009.