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Winner of the 2022 NPR Emerging Investigator Lectureship

The annual Natural Product Reports Emerging Investigator Lectureship recognises a researcher who has made a significant contribution to a natural products-related area of the chemical sciences in their early independent career.

We are delighted to announce that Professor Jinghan Gui has been chosen by the NPR Editorial Board as this year’s recipient of the lectureship.

“It is a great honor to receive the NPR Emerging Investigator Lectureship. I’d like to thank the nominator and the Editorial Board of NPR, my mentors (Profs. Weisheng Tian and Phil S. Baran) and SIOC colleagues for their tremendous support over the years, as well as my lab members for their hard work.” – Prof. Jinghan Gui

His lectureship will be held virtually at date to be confirmed. To stay up to date with future announcements, follow us on Twitter @NatProdReports or sign-up to our news alerts.

More about Jinghan

Jinghan Gui received his B.S. degree from Anhui Normal University in 2007. After completing his Ph.D. at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) under the guidance of Prof. Weisheng Tian in 2012, he went on to pursue his postdoctoral research with Prof. Phil S. Baran at The Scripps Research Institute in February 2013. In March 2016, he moved back to SIOC to begin his independent research career. His research focuses on the efficient synthesis of complex, biologically active natural products, including steroids and terpenoids.

Find out more about him and the work his lab is doing on their webpage.

 

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Welcoming Dr Cassandra Quave to the NPR Editorial Board

Natural Product Reports is delighted to welcome Dr Cassandra L. Quave to the Editorial Board.

About Cassandra:

Dr Cassandra Quave is Curator of the Herbarium and Associate Professor of Dermatology and Human Health at Emory University, USA, where she leads natural product drug discovery research initiatives and teaches courses on medicinal plants, microbiology, and pharmacology. She obtained a B.Sc. in Biology and Anthropology (Emory University, 2000) and a Ph.D. in Biology (Florida International University, 2008).

Dr. Quave’s research is supported by the NIH, industry contracts, and philanthropy. She is a Fellow of the Explorers Club, a past President of the Society for Economic Botany, a recipient of the Emory Williams Teaching Award and Charles Heiser, Jr. Mentor Award. She is the host of Foodie Pharmacology, a podcast dedicated to exploring the links between food and medicine. Dr Quave has authored more than 100 scientific publications, two edited books, and seven patents. Her research has been the subject of feature profiles in the New York Times Magazine, BBC Science Focus, National Geographic Magazine, Brigitte Magazin, NPR, PBS, and the National Geographic Channel. She is the author of a science memoir entitled The Plant Hunter: One Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines.

As a medical ethnobotanist, Cassandra’s work focuses on the documentation and pharmacological evaluation of plants used in traditional medicine. Find out more about about Cassandra’s research on her webpage.

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