Dr. Mike Hindle is the Peter R. Byron Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has a Pharmacy degree and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Technology, both from the University of Bradford, UK. Dr. Hindle joined the VCU School of Pharmacy in April 1997.
He has published over 130 peer reviewed papers, 1 book chapter and served as co-editor of 5 books. He has received funding from NIH, FDA and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation together with the pharmaceutical industry. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery and the AAPS PharmSciTech Journal. He is a chartered member of the NIH Drug and Biologic Therapeutic Delivery study section and has served on over 30 NIH review panels.
He holds 10 U.S. patents and 5 E.U. patents some of which have been licensed to two companies. He was inducted as a Fellow of National Academy of Inventors in 2023. Dr. Hindle is co-inventor of a series of technologies that seek to significantly improve pharmaceutical aerosol delivery to the lungs and his research is particularly focused on challenging patient populations such as infants and children, in which he combines in silico computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with in vitro characterization studies to improve inhalation drug delivery.

