2016 OMB Summer Meeting

AOAC OMB Meeting Book

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Professional Experiences : 10/13-present, Senior Scientific Liaison, USP, Rockville, MD  Review USP botanical monograph submissions and propose botanical monographs for both dietary supplements and herbal medicines. 10/06-10/13, Reference Standard Scientist, USP, Rockville, MD  Effectively managed reference standard portfolio. In my portfolio mainly includes botanical reference standards. 02/02-09/06, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL  Participated drug discovery projects funded by NIH.  Performed bioassay directed isolation and structural elucidation of bioactive compounds from tropical plants.  Conducted in vitro anti-cancer, anti-malarial bioassay. 09/01-01/02, Research Associate, Lehman College, The City University of New York, New York, NY  Developed and validated HPLC methods for the quantitation of catechin and epicatechin in Theobroma gradiflorum extracts.  Conducted bioactivity guided isolation and structural elucidation of antioxidants from tropical fruit of Theobroma gradiflorum and Manilkara zapota . 10/00-09/01, Associate Professor, National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products, Beijing, China  Performed extensive quality control analysis of herbal medicines by HPLC and TLC.  Developed HPLC quality control method by quantifying multi-flavonoids in S. baicalensis .  Standardized botanical reference standards by identifying the structures of the compounds based on NMR, MS, IR and UV spectral data and determining the purity of the compounds using HPLC and TLC techniques.  Involved in HPLC fingerprint method development for Panax ginseng . 02/97-09/00, Research Assistant, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK  Performed bioassay guided isolation and structure determination of pure chemical compounds from Hyoscyamus. niger, Euptelea pleiospermum and Rorippa montana .  Developed and validated HPLC and CE methods for the quantitative analysis of scopolamine and atropine in Hyoscyamus niger seeds. 07/95-12/96, Research Assistant, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK  Developed and validated HPLC methods for the quantitative analysis of lignans in Schisandra chinensis .  Performed bioassay guided fractionation, isolation and structure determination of pure chemical compounds from Schisandra chinensis and Polygonum multiflorum . 09/89-07/95, Assistant Professor, National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products, Beijing, China  Performed extensive quality control analysis of herbal medicines using HPLC and TLC.  Developed and validated quality control methods for four different finished Chinese herbal medicines using HPLC and TLC-densitometry by quantifying and identifying the active compounds in the drugs.  Standardized botanical reference standards by identifying the structures of the compounds based on NMR, MS, IR and UV spectral data and determining the purity of the compounds using HPLC and TLC techniques. 07/87-03/89, Research Assistant, Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China  Performed isolation and structural characterization of flavonoids isolated from Veronica linariifolia .

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