Kris Demeyer

After his graduation at the Free University of Brussels in Belgium as Bachelor in Botanical Sciences, Prof. Demeyer started his career as assistant in the department of plant physiology. His research activities on the synthesis and accumulation of alkaloids in Solanaceae species resulted in several publications in international journals and in graduation with a Ph. D. 

Contacts with private companies then re-orientated his research towards the quality improvement and control of plant-based products used in food supplements and pharmaceuticals. He is an expert member of the Herbal Advice Commission of the Belgian Ministry of Health and is a main lecturer for the training programme "The Herbalist" and "Herb Grower" organised by the Flemish Institute for Independent Entrepreneur. 

Recently he was appointed as Professor in Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry at the Free University of Brussels.

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