Dr. Maxim Puchkov was born on December 22, 1976, in the city of Novosibirsk, Russian Federation. He graduated from Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (MUCTR), in Moscow in 2000. He obtained his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at MUCTR in 2002. In 2002 he joined the group of Prof. Dr. H. Leuenberger (Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Basel) as post doctoral fellow.

2007 he became the CEO of the Center for Innovation in Computer-Aided Pharmaceutics (CINCAP GmbH) and in 2010 he joined the group of Prof. Dr. Jörg Huwyler as scientific collaborator.

His scientific interests are focused on massively-parallel computational models for a design of pharmaceutical formulations; discrete element models for design, understanding, and optimization of pharmaceutical processes and unit operations; interactive and process-oriented computer tools and simulators for advanced teaching and training of industrial unit operations.