Gerhard Franz

Biography

 Gerhard Franz obtained his Diploma as Pharmacist from the University of Karlsruhe/Germany 1963 and his doctoral degree as a fellow of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) at the University of Fribourg/ Switzerland 1966. He carried out research at the Department of Biochemistry at the University of California/Berkeley. He was appointed as an Assistant Professor at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) in 1970 and as Full Professor at the University of Regensburg, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1977 and as invited Professor at the Universities of Basel, Grenoble and Harbin (China). He is the former President of the Society of Medicinal Plant Research (1994 - 98). Prof. Franz is the Editor and Co-editor of several Scientific Journals and the author of more than 260 scientific papers and several books. His research was recognised by the EGON STAHL Award (1985), the KNEIPP-Award (1994), the HERMANN- THOMS Award of the DPhG (2003), Honorary Membership GA Society of Medicinal Plant Research (2006), the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1998), the Honorary Membership of the Good Practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Association (GP TCM RA) (2014) and he was nominated as Honorary President of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) 2014. He is Corresponding Member of the Belgian Medical Association and the ' Académie Nationale de Pharmacie' . He was honoured with the Silver Medal of the ‘Académie Nationale de Pharmacie' as an acknowledgement for his long activity for the European Pharmacopoeia (2014). He was appointed as Chairman of the Group of Experts 13B and of the TCM Working Party of the European Pharmacopoeia Commission Strasbourg (France) and as Chairman for the Phytochemistry Group of the German Pharmacopoeia (DAB)

Research Interest

 Globalisation and Modernisation of Traditional Chinese Medicine.