Dr. Len Luyt received a B.Sc.Eng. in Engineering Chemistry from Queen’s University, his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Western University and subsequently undertook a post-doctoral fellowship with Prof. John Katzenellenbogen at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He then led a research team as a Senior Medicinal Chemist with the pharmaceutical company Bayer-Schering. Dr. Luyt joined Western University in 2005 as a faculty member with appointments in the Departments of Chemistry, Oncology and Medical Imaging, and was promoted to full Professor in 2020. The research program of Dr. Luyt spans from basic chemistry activities, looking at novel methods of incorporating metal complexes into peptide structures, through to applied research, investigating new peptide therapeutics, molecular imaging agents and theranostics, for novel cancer targets.