Background

Gertsch, Jürg Son of Heinz Kammer and Marianne Koch.

Education

Master of Science, University Sussex, England. Doctor of Philosophy, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland, 2001.

Career

Senior scientist, group leader, lecturer Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, since 2004. Founder NaproMed, Zürich.

Achievements

• Achievements include discovery of new cannabinomimetic compounds. Research in molecular mechanisms of natural products. Research in ethnobotanical fieldwork among Yanomami-Indians.

Membership

Member of American Society Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biology, International Cannabinoid Research Society, Society Medicinal Plant Research.

Connections

Married Kathrin Roost. Children: Joram Gabriel, Jael Hanna.

Father:

Heinz Kammer

Mother:

Marianne Koch

Spouse:

Kathrin Roost

child:

Joram Gabriel Gertsch

child:

Jael Hanna Gertsch