Alan Douglas Kinghorn

Background

Kinghorn, Alan Douglas was born on August 31, 1947 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Came to United States, 1975, naturalized, 2004. Son of Alan Douglas and Lilian Isabel (Henderson) Kinghorn.

Education

Bachelor of Pharmacy in Pharmacy with honors, University Bradford, England, 1969. Master of Science in Forensic Science, University Strathclyde, Glasgow, England, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacognosy, University London, England, 1975.

Doctor of Science in Pharmacy, University London, England, 1990.

Career

Analytical chemist Burroughs Wellcome Company, Dartford, Kent, United Kingdom, 1970-1971. Teaching fellow University London (England) School Pharmacy, 1971-1975. Postdoctoral fellow University Mississippi, Oxford, 1975-1976.

Research associate University Illinois, Chicago, 1976-1977, assistant professor, 1977-1981, associate professor, 1981-1986, professor, 1986—2004, associate director program for collaborative research in pharmaceutical science, 1992—2004, assistant head department medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy, 1995—2004. Jack L. Beal professor, chair Ohio State University, since 2004. Guest professor Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1990, visiting professor University Salerno, Italy, 1996, University Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1997.

Chairman international advisory committee International Symposium on Sweeteners, Jerusalem, 1996. Visiting external examiner Science University Malaysia, Penang, 1997, Uppsala University, Sweden, 1997, 2007, Chinese University Hong Kong, 2001. Original member Highly Cited Researchers Agricultural Science Institute of Science Information, Philadelphia, 2001.

Member council of experts United States Pharmacopeia, Rockville, Maryland, 2005-2010, chairman botanical dietary supplements expert committee, 2005-2010. Chartered member National Institutes Health Drug Discovery and Molecular Pharmacology Study Section, since 2009. Distinguished visiting research scientist Institute Natural Medicine University Toyama, Japan, 2010.

Achievements

• Alan Douglas Kinghorn has been listed as a noteworthy pharmacy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Toxic Plants

    (The dependency of the human race on plants as renewable s...)

  • Toxic Plants
  • (Stevia: The Genus Stevia) Author: A. Douglas Kinghorn published on (March, 2002)
  • Stevia: The Genus Stevia (Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles) by A. Douglas Kinghorn (Editor) (29-Nov-2001) Hardcover

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Linnean Society London, Royal Pharmaceutical Society (London), American Association Pharmaceutical Scientists, American Society Pharmacognosy (honorary, president 1990-1991, Norman R. Farnsworth Research Achievement award, 2010). Member Society Economic Botany (president 1991-1992).

Connections

Married Helen Maria Bermudez, July 17, 1976.

Father:

Alan Douglas Kinghorn

Mother:

Lilian Isabel (Henderson) Kinghorn

Spouse:

Helen Maria Bermudez