Dr. Herman J. Woerdenbag studied Pharmacy at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He graduated as a pharmacist in 1984 and obtained his PhD in 1988 on a topic related to medicinal plants. He is employed as Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Product Care at the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy of the Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy (GRIP). From 2017–2023, he was director of the BSc Pharmacy programme. He holds the University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) and Senior Teaching Qualification (STQ) for higher education.  His teaching covers pharmaceutical compounding and dispensing, pharmaceutical product care, and herbal medicine in various courses in the pharmacy curriculum. He contributes to quality assurance in pharmacy education and curriculum renewal. He is member of the Special Interest Group ‘Product care and manufacturing’ of the Royal Dutch Pharmacists Association. His research is practice-oriented, often in collaboration with (hospital) pharmacists and linked with pharmacy education, galenics, and compounding. He collaborates with the Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb on phytovigilance. His scientific and societal work covers publica­tions on medicinal plants, herbal medicine, pharmaceutics, and pharmaceutical product care. He is (co)-author of > 150 peer-reviewed papers published in international journals, > 25 book chapters, and >40 professional publications. His h-index is 46 (Scopus, August 2025).