Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Clinical Efficacy of the Chinese Nootropic Agent Huperzine A

Alan P. Kozikowski was born in 1948 in Menominee, MI. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, under the supervision of the late Professor W. G. Dauben. After postdoctoral work with Professor E. J. Corey at Harvard University, Dr. Kozikowski began his independent career at the University of Pittsburgh. After 14 years there, he spent 3 years at the Mayo Clinic and then moved on to the Georgetown University Medical Center, where he is the Director of the Drug Discovery Program. Dr. Kozikowski's interests are in the areas of drug abuse, medications development, second messenger based therapeutics for cancer, and novel chemical interventions for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

Werner Tückmantel was born in 1955 in Cologne, Germany. He received his Ph.D. in 1984 from the University of Cologne under the supervision of Professor Emanuel Vogel. After postdoctoral work with Professor Hitosi Nozaki (Kyoto University, Japan) and Professor Alan Kozikowski (then at the University of Pittsburgh), he spent 1.5 years at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, before returning in 1989 to Professor Kozikowski's team, with whom he has worked since.