Prof. Matthias Hamburger

Prof. Matthias Hamburger obtained a degree in Pharmacy from the ETH Zürich in 1980, and a PhD in Pharmacognosy/Phytochemistry at the University of Lausanne in 1985. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Illinois at Chicago (USA), and from 1988 to 1993 a Senior Researcher and Privatdocent at the Institute of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, University of Lausanne. From 1993 to 1996, he was involved in establishing the Center for Natural Products Research (CNPR) in Singapore. He acted as a Group Leader and as coordinator of worldwide sourcing and external collaborations. From 1995 to 1996, he was in addition involved with consulting activities in Switzerland in the area of phytopharmaceuticals and OTC products. He was Professor and Chair of Pharmaceutical Biology at the University of Jena (Germany) (1997–2004) and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2000–2002). In April 2004, he served as Head of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel. He was Head of Department from 2009 to 2012. He is currently a Professor Emeritus at the University of Basel.