Scientific Board

Dr. Juan Hancke

has received his post doctoral from the Max-plank Institute in Gottigen, Germany, The School of Medicine in Hannover, Germany, and The Charing Cross Hospital, of the University of London. It was there that he was granted a scholarship by The World Health Organization (the WHO). Dr. Hancke has many titles and achievements to his name. He was a Professor of Biology in the Brookwood Park Educational Center (England) and Professor of the Institute of Pharmacology & Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, at the University de Austral Chile (Valdivia). Dr Hancke was the Scientific Director at Swedish Herbal Institute where he pioneered the research on the active principle of Andrographis Paniculata for the prevention of common cold. Dr Hancke has contributed significantly to the research and development of several botanicals. Along with Prof. Rafael Burgos, Dr Hancke has been the inventor of various patents between the years of 1999 and 2004. Dr Juan Hancke published over 20 research papers and authored five books within his disciplinary areas.

Dr Azizol Kadir

is a former Director of Medicinal Plants Division, Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM), Dr. Azizol has contributed significantly to the development of the Malaysian herbal industry and today continues to act as technical advisor for various organizations. Dr Azizol has published more than 100 research papers and has won several prestigious awards (FRIM Innovation Award, 1993; Petronas Invention Award, 1993) and also holds two patents for natural bioactive compounds. He is actively involved in several important technical committees that oversee matters in the herbal industry, including ASEAN Herbal Experts Group (Chairman); Focal Point, G-15 Gene Bank of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants; National Bioactive Compound Task Force, MIGHT-Pharmaceutical Group (Leader); and the Herbal monograph Committee.

Dr. Mohd. Ismail Tambi

is head of the Specialist Reproductive Human Research Center at the National Population and Family Development Board in Malaysia. Active and well known in the field of Andrology and Reproductive Medicine, Dr. Tambi is a founder of the Asian Society of Andrology and an Executive Council Member of both the Malaysian Society of Andrology and the Asian Pacific Society for the Study of the Aging Male. He has written extensively on the subjects of Andrology and Infertility. He has written 48 published Research Papers in the field of Reproductive Health and Andrology, and is the Chief Editor of Manual of Sexual and Reproductive Health (2003), the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles in Southeast Asia, Chief Editor for the Medical Newsletter Update, and a member of the Editorial Board of Asian Journal of Andrology.