Jim Litster is Professor of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering at the University of Sheffield. His research area is Particulate Products and Processes, and he is an international leading expert on wet granulation with over 30 years of experience in the field. In recognition of his contribution to the field, he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 2010, was awarded the Thomas Barron Award in Fluid-Particle Systems from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2012, and received the Pharmaceutical Discovery, Development and Manufacturing Forum Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2015.