Remark of Director of Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Prof. CHEN Shilin is the director of the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and the director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine. Besides, he is working as the director of Engineering Research Center of Chinese Traditional Medicine Resources, Ministry of Education. Prof. CHEN obtained his Ph.D from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and he has been the Visiting Professor in Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Having been trained in Royal Botanic Garden, Kews, Prof. CHEN is concurrently acting as the secretary of the GAP Association of Chinese Medicinal Material. He holds a concurrent position as the editor of such reputed Chinese medicinal research journals as China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese medicines, Journal of Chinese Pharmaceutical Science, Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs, World Sciences and Technology etc. He has so far published more than 300 scientific papers and a few books. Research interests: The development and utilization of medicinal plant resources.