Kim Shepard is an Associate Principal Engineer in the Research group at Lonza’s site in Bend, Oregon, USA, where she has worked since 2015. She leads projects focused on developing new technologies for bioavailability enhancement and pulmonary delivery. Kim’s areas of expertise include the formulation and manufacturing of spray-dried dispersions for inhalation and oral delivery, as well as the physics of polymers and amorphous materials. Kim received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Princeton University.