Dr. Mary am Ende is an Associate Research Fellow in Pharmaceutical Research & Development at Pfizer in Groton, Connecticut. She received her B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Iowa in 1988 and her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Purdue University in 1993. Mary’s research interests have been in the formulation development of solid oral dosage forms, with focus on osmotic drug delivery systems. More recently, her interests are in the field of process development and use of predictive tools to streamline commercial development and scale-up through process modeling. She has published over 15 papers, 5 patents, and 50 presentations. Her current responsibilities include the development and use of process models and engineering technologies to support dosage form development and commercialization. Mary is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, and Manufacturing, Science & Engineering Steering Committee for AAPS.