Prof. Alex Asase holds a PhD in Botany from the University of Ghana, and has research interest in medicinal plants and biodiversity science. He is currently the Executive Director of the Centre for Plant Medicine Research, and Professor at the Department of Plant and Environment Science, University of Ghana. He also holds an Adjunct Researcher position at the Biodiversity Institute in the University of Kansas. He was previously an academic visitor at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Centre for Agri-Environmental Research (CAER) at University of Reading in the United Kingdom. He was a recipient of the UNESCO Man and Biosphere Young Scientist Award in 2010. Prof. Asase has served on various national and international committees and boards. He is currently a member of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA)-Ghana Board and Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC). Prof Asase has published extensively, and he is on the editorial board of several scientific journals.