Rudolf Bauer

Professor Dr. Rudolf Bauer studied pharmacy 1976-1980 at the University of Munich; 1984 graduation as Ph.D. at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Munich, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. H. Wagner; 1993-2002 Associate Professor at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Düsseldorf; since 2002 he is full professor of pharmacognosy at University of Graz, Austria, and since 2004 he is Head of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Graz. He has long experience in natural product chemistry, analysis and the bioassay-guided isolation of constituents from medicinal plants. He has published 315 research papers. For six years he has been president of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA). Currently he is Editor of Planta Medica and Associate Editor in Chief of the Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines. Prof Bauer has been active in the development methods for quality control of Chinese herbs for more than 20 years. He is member of the expert group 13A and of the working group on TCM of the European Pharmacopoeia Commission; he is actively involved in the development of monographs of Chinese herbs for the European Pharmacopoeia; he is also member of the Traditional Asian Medicine Advisory Board of the Austrian Minister of Health. Together with Professor Litscher (Medical University of Graz) he is heading the TCM Research Center Graz. Recently he has been elected the founding president of GP-TCM Research Association.

Dr. Tie Zou is senior SCD manager of USP-China. He is responsible to USP biologics standards and analytical technologies introduction in the Great China region. He received his Ph.D. in Fudan University and completed postdoc training in Umass Medical School.
With over 10 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, Dr. Zou has a broad array of scientific expertise in early discovery, identification/validation and bio-analysis process about recombinant mAbs, cell/gene therapy and peptides. He is with in-depth knowledge of USP and development of reference standards relevant to biologics products.

Boris holds PhD Physical Chemistry. He has worked 15+ years with Roche/Genentech in Germany and North America. He has worked in various QC functions, including QC lab operation, test methods, method validation, QC technologies, late-stage analytical development, control systems and CMC regulatory submissions, post-marketing changes incl. HA interactions. He held leadership positions in QC operations and global QC. As Head of Product Analytical Science，he is accountability and strategic responsibility for enhanced product-scientific, analytical, bioassay and stability expertise for QC operations as well as launch and post-marketing cmc regulatory submissions. Analytical innovation and product specific technologies for QC network.

Maryline Gasthuys graduated her Ph.D in Mass Spectrometry in 2005 at the University of Paris. She then started working at L’Oréal as a technical manager on traces analysis by LC-MS. After several years of analytical laboratory management, she is now head of L’Oréal international network on analysis of traces and impurities and analytical chemistry quality manager. As part of the ISO working group on Analytical Methods in Cosmetics, she is the project leader for two standards currently under development on heavy metals and mercury traces determination.