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Dr. Jean-Christophe Leroux is a professor of Drug Formulation and Delivery at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich).

He was trained as pharmacist at the University of Montreal (Canada), and received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences (1995) from the University of Geneva (Switzerland). From 1996 to 1997, he was a postdoctoral fellow at UCSF (USA). He was then appointed professor at the University of Montreal where he worked until he joined ETH Zurich.

Dr. Leroux has made fundamental and applied contributions to the fields of colloids, biomaterials, and drug delivery. He is one of the most cited scientists in pharmacy and pharmacology, and has received several prestigious distinctions such as the Steacie Fellowship and the Debiopharm Life Sciences Award. He is a fellow of the Controlled Release Society, and cofounded Versantis AG and Inositec AG.