President
Prof. Michael Heinrich
Research Group ‘Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy’
UCL School of Pharmacy, Univ. London
29 – 39 Brunswick Sq.
London, WC1N 1AX
Phone: +44/20/7753 5844
Fax: +44/20/7753 5909
e-mail: m.heinrich@ucl.ac.uk
Ethnopharmacology (Europe, México), traditional medical knowledge, anti-inflam-matory natural products, value chains, metabolomics in medicinal plant research
Vice-President of the GA since 2020. Board Member since 2007, member of GA since 1987, Past President – Internat. Soc. Ethnopharmacology, Spec. Ed in Chief . Frontiers Ethnopharmacol; Reviews’ Ed. – J. Ethnopharmacol., Co-Chair UCL Research Ethics Comm.
Science is a truly global opportunity. However, we face tremendous challenges in all aspect of our societies. Science and technology incl. research on natural products and medicinal plants offers new solutions. The GA is in a unique and strong position to foster international and trans-discip-linary collaboration. I want to strengthen this at all levels and ascertain that the GA’s voice also reaches more stakeholders.
Vice-President
Prof Dr Alessandra Braca
Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa
Via Bonanno 30
56126 Pisa
Italy
Phone: +39 050 570322
Email: alessandra.braca@unipi.it
Natural products chemistry, extraction, isolation and identification of new biologically active natural compounds, botanicals quality control
Member of YRW since 2014, Egon-Stahl-Award in Silver in 2007, Editor of Planta Medica since 2016, Secretary of the Italian Society of Phytochemistry and Science of Medicinal, Food and Fragrant plants (SIF) during the years 2004-2009
GA as the leader Society in the development of projects concerning medicinal plants; new ideas and project exchange between young researchers; promoting the interaction between GA and SIF
Vice-President
Ass. Prof. Nikolas Fokialakis
Department of Pharmacognosy and Natural Products Chemistry
Faculty of Pharmacy University of Athens Panepistimioupolis 15771 Athens, Greece
Phone: +30/210/727/4727
Fax: +30/210/727/4594
e-mail: fokialakis@pharm.uoa.gr
Natural Products Chemistry – Exploitation of plant & microbial global biodiversity for novel bioactive natural products
Member of the GA advisory board since 2011 – Responsible for EU projects & Webpage
Member of ASP (USA) and AFERP (FRANCE)
- Strengthen the links of research with the industry
- Offer professional services to GA members
- Keep updated the GA website
- Participation of GA in EU projects
- Promote financing tools for students in developing countries
- Establishing strong links of GA with other organisations
- Give more opportunities to young members of GA.
GA Treasurer
Dr. Bernd Roether
BIONORICA SE
Division Head Drug Regulatory Affairs
Kerschensteiner Str. 11-15
92318 Neumarkt, Germany
Phone: +49/9181/231-113
Fax: +49/9181/231-6200
e-mail: ga-treasurer@bionorica.de
Drug regulatory affairs of herbal medicinal products and natural products
Treasuerer of GA, Member of GA / DPhG / DGRA, Lecturer at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University, Bonn (DGRA Master Study Course, Module 4)
to support establishment of phytotherapy as a standard in allopathy; to support establishment of all regulatory routes necessary to make herbal medicinal products available to patients and consumers; to promote the reputation of GA as an international scientific organization of competence in natural product and medicinal plant research.
GA Secretary
Dr. Olaf Kelber
Research and Development Phytomedicines
Bayer Consumer Health, Darmstadt, Germany
Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk GmbH
Havelstraße 5
64295 Darmstadt, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)6151 3305 154
Fax: +49 (0) 6151 3395 471
e-mail: ga-secretary@ga-online.org
Research and development on herbal medicinal products and natural products (pharmacology, toxicology, clinics, quality)
Board member of GA and GPT / Member of ABC / Editorial Board member of journals Phytomedicine, Synergy / Working group on science of Kooperation Phytopharmaka GbR, Bonn, Germany
Medicinal plants and natural products are tremendously gaining importance as a sustainable resource for a better life worldwide. GA is the leading international society to foster scientific exchange and networking in this field, and to advocate for attractive conditions for research and develop-ment and for supportive and effective regulatory frames.
GA Scientific Officer
Cornelia Kern, M.A.
Kooperation Phytopharmaka GbR
Plittersdorfer Str. 218
53173 Bonn, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)228 365 640
Fax: +49 (0) 228 351 390
e-mail: events@ga-online.org
Office Manager of the
Kooperation Phytopharmaka GbR since 8/2019
Office Manager of the
Gesellschaft für Phytoptherapie e.V. since 8/2019
Scientific Officer of GA since 8/2019
(1.1. 2022 – 31.12. 2023)
