Biography
Formerly, Dean and Chairman, Faculty of Science and Head, Department of Botany and Director and Department of Biotechnology at the Mohanlal Sukhadia University of Udaipur, located in Rajasthan, India. Dr. Purohit has worked extensively on micropropagation of plants of medicinal, horticultural and forestry importance. His research interests also include molecular characterization of natural diversity and use of in vitro methods for conservation of threatened plants. He has published more than 125 research papers and book articles. Professor Purohit has undergone specialized training on Microarray-Based Genome Analysis in the laboratory of Professor David Galbraith in the Department of Plant Sciences, Arizona State University, Tucson, USA.
Research Interest
Main focus of Dr. Purohit remaines on micropropagation of plants of medicinal, forestry and horticultural importance. Under different research programmes, he has been able to develop micropropagation protocols for Feronia limonia, Wrightia tomentosa, W. tinctoria, Boswellia serrata, Sterculia urens, Acacia catechu, A. leucophloea (all woody trees), Achras sapota, Annona squamosa (fruit trees), Celastrus paniculatus, Vitex negundo and Chlorophytum borivilianum (medicinal herb). Scaling-up production has been taken-up in the case of Feronia limonia, Wrightia tinctoria, W. tomentosa, B. serrata and C. borivilianum. Small-scale field performance of micropropagated plants has been successfully demonstrated in many species.ic integrity, vigor, and validity of all presentation made based on scientific research. Interdisciplinary nature of IPPC-Brazil mandates formation of such a leadership team, where its members are globally recognized members of each area of expertise. IPPC-Brazil appreciates the following members of the Scientific Advisory Board.
Biography
Professor Caceres teaches at the Galileo University, previously he was a leading faculty member at the University of San Carlos for seventeen years. He has received several national and international awards, mainly José Capote Díaz Award (Pan American Federation of Pharmacy and Biochemistry), Nestlé Central American Award for Pediatrics (1992), Science and Technology Medal 1998, University Medal 2000 and Academic Excellence Medal, 2011. Professor Caceres has authored more than 300 scientific papers, conferences, oral presentations and specialized books in the fields of detection, validation, agrotechnology, phytopharmacy, phytotherapy and legislation of natural products. He is the co-founder of IPPC series of events at ISPS and has organizer more than 80 national and international scientific meetings, as well as networks and technological transfer to the productive sector in the themes of his specialty.
Research Interest
Scientific Advisory Board is a leadership team at IPPC-Brazil in charge of scientific integrity, vigor, and validity of all presentation made based on scientific research. Interdisciplinary nature of IPPC-Brazil mandates formation of such a leadership team, where its members are globally recognized members of each area of expertise. IPPC-Brazil appreciates the following members of the Scientific Advisory Board.
Biography
Alain Touwaide is the co-founder and Scientific Director of the Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions (Washington, DC, USA). A Historian of Medicine and Science, he obtained a Ph.D. in Classics (Belgium, 1981). An internationally recognized expert in the history of the therapeutic uses of plants in ancient Mediterranean cultures, he has taught in different countries and done research in the most prestigious libraries and research centers in the world.
Research Interest
Specialized in the history of medicine, botany, and pharmacy in the ancient Mediterranean, he works on Greek, Latin, and Arabic manuscripts, as well as on early printed books (15th and 16th century). His most recent publication, A Census of Greek Medical Manuscripts. From Byzantium to the Renaissance (Routledge, 2016), results from 30 years of traveling to trace and analyze ancient documents in libraries all over the world.