Dr. Howard Sun joined Pharmanex in 1998 and is presently responsible for the Pharmanex Chemistry Laboratories in the United States and the R&D operations in Shanghai. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Clark University and did his postdoctoral training in natural products at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Before joining Pharmanex, Howard held technical and managerial positions in companies that include: Sterling Winthrop Pharmaceuticals, SeaPharm, and Altria. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland and a consultant to the Center for Human Nutrition, University of California, Los Angeles. He is a member of the American Society of Pharmacognosy and the American Chemical Society. His research in the areas of nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals has resulted in the discovery of more than sixty new natural products. He has over forty publications and six patents.