Hello All,

I obtained a PhD in the field of Natural Products chemistry from a southeastern US university almost a decade ago and am currently working with an industry company. I have 10+ years of laboratory and scholarly experience in the scientific field. I joined the forum for the pleasure of discussing the chemistry of psychoactive substances and the pharmacology of their interaction with the human brain (and consciousness).

The natural products science field is now highly interdisciplinary and involves familiarity with and use of techniques from all of the following fields and more:

Chemistry (Organic, Inorganic, Analytical)

Pharmacology / Medicine

Biology / Microbiology

Botany / Taxonomy

Ethnobotany / Anthropology

Ecology / Geology 

Biochemistry / Enzymology

Genetics / Molecular Biology

I am happy to offer expertise and participate in discussion regarding many scientific aspects of natural psychoactives - a favorite hobby topic of mine.

Cheers,

Pandan