Our Team & Leadership

Professor at Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a leading authority in medicinal plant and ethnobotany research. With decades of dedication to the conservation, innovative utilization of ethnic medicinal plant resources, he took the lead in establishing China's ethnobotany research system. He has made pioneering contributions to the exploration of germplasm resources, inheritance of traditional knowledge, and industrialization transformation of Yunnan's indigenous medicinal plants, standing as an authoritative leader in the field of ethnobotanic research.

Professor at Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an expert in plant taxonomy and resource science. He has long focused on the systematic classification, germplasm evolution, and resource evaluation of Yunnan's endemic medicinal plants, providing crucial taxonomic and genetic support for the precise development and innovative utilization of medicinal plant resources.

Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark, and an internationally renowned ethnobotanist. Specializing in the traditional use and biodiversity conservation of tropical and subtropical medicinal plants, he has conducted in-depth cooperation with scientific research institutions in Southwest China. He has achieved remarkable results in the cross-regional excavation of traditional knowledge and research on sustainable utilization strategies of Yunnan's medicinal plants, building an important bridge for the collaborative innovation of medicinal plant resources between China and foreign countries.

Professor at the School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK, and an authority in medicinal plant pharmacology and global health. He has long been committed to the research on the pharmacological mechanisms of active components in medicinal plants and the development of new drugs. With profound attainments in the druggability evaluation of plant-derived compounds and the modern verification of traditional herbal medicines, he has provided key theoretical and technical support for the international industrial application of active components in Yunnan's medicinal plants.

Professor at Chiang Mai University, Thailand, and an expert in Southeast Asian medicinal plant resources and natural product chemistry. She has delved into the resource investigation and active component development of medicinal plants in northern Thailand and the China-Myanmar border areas. She has achieved significant results in the isolation, identification, and efficacy verification of secondary metabolites from medicinal plants such as Dendrobium and Zingiberaceae, providing important academic support for cross-border innovative cooperation in medicinal plants between China and Thailand.

Professor at Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an expert in natural product chemistry and medicinal plant R&D. He has long been engaged in the isolation, structural identification, and functional development of active components in Yunnan's indigenous medicinal plants. With fruitful achievements in the optimization of extraction processes and the analysis of efficacy mechanisms of key active components in Yunnan's authentic medicinal materials, he has promoted the industrial application of many active components from medicinal plants.

Professor at Baotou Medical College, China, and an authority in Mongolian medicine and northern medicinal plant resource research. Focusing on the conservation of germplasm resources, authenticity evaluation, and modernization of traditional medicines of medicinal plants, he has distinctive characteristics in the multi-dimensional identification of medicinal plant resources and the R&D of sustainable utilization technologies, providing a unique academic perspective for the innovative integration of cross-regional medicinal plants.

Professor at Jiangnan University, China, and an expert in food science and the industrialization of plant-derived active components. He has long been dedicated to the green extraction, dosage form innovation, and development of functional foods/skin care products from plant-derived active components. Leading the way in technologies for the large-scale preparation and bioavailability improvement of active components in medicinal plants, he has provided key engineering support for the transformation of active components from Yunnan's medicinal plants into skin care products and functional foods.