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and spent many happy years conducting research on medicinal plants and giving courses at the  University of Hawaii.    Sr. Staff Review  Dr. Johnson has been a very active member of the SPDS working groups.  She served as chair of  the SPDS Skullcap Working Group.  She has also served a SPDS ERPs.  She has also chaired the  SPSFAM Proanthocyanidins ERP.   Dr. Johnson is willing serve and is recommended to chair all six  (6) proposed SPDS.    Staff  Recommendation  Recommend for the SPDS Echinacea ERP  Recommend for the SPDS Ginseng ERP  Recommend for the SPDS Kavalactones ERP 

Recommend for the SPDS SAMe ERP  Recommend for the SPDS Skullcap ERP  Recommend for the SPDS Vitamin B 12 ERP  Recommend as chair all of the above ERPs 

‐‐‐  Maria Monagas 

US Pharmacopeia 

Reference  Standards 

Nongovernment  Organization 

USA 

Statement of  Expertise 

Dr. Monagas is a Scientific Liaison for Dietary Supplements and Herbal  Medicines at the United States Pharmacopeia (USP). She is responsible  for development and revision of monographs and general chapters, and  for responding to internal and external queries related to the Botanical  Dietary Supplements Section of USP‐NF. She also liaises between  external parties and USP Expert Committee Members and assists in  planning and organizing Expert Committee and Expert Panel work  assignments. Dr. Monagas has more than 20 years of experience in the  analysis, characterization, and assessment of bioactivity and  bioavailability of polyphenols in botanical dietary ingredients, in  particular, proanthocyadinin‐rich materials (grapes, grape seeds, almond  skins, cocoa and cranberry). Before joining USP, she held a tenure‐track  research position at the Spanish National Research Council (CIAL‐CSIC,  Madrid, Spain) and a Visiting Researcher position at the USDA Human  Nutrition Center (Beltsville, MD, USA). She contributed to more than 70  publications, including original papers, review papers and book chapters.  Dr. Monagas is the co‐inventor on two industrial patents related to  methods of preparation and bioactivity assessment of proanthocyanidin‐ rich extracts from almond skins and cat’s claw.  Dr. Monagas has tremendous botanical experience.  She was an active  member of the SPDS Working Groups on Skullcap, Kavalactones, and  Resveratrol.  She has applied only for the SPDS Skullcap ERP. 

Sr. Staff Review 

Staff  Recommendation 

Recommend for the SPDS Skullcap ERP 

‐‐‐‐  Catherine Rimmer 

US NIST 

Reference  Standards 

Government 

USA 

Statement of Expertise  I am the coordinator for organic analytes in dietary supplement reference materials at NIST. 

08/09/2018