Research
Dr Meissner
Dr Henry Ostrowski-MEISSNER
Born 18th April 1940 (Poland)
Education
BSc in Agricultural Sciences (1961),
MSc in Environmental Sciences (1963),
PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry (1968)
From: College of Agric. University of Cracow, Poland
Also: Diploma in Computer Techniqes in Research & Commerce (1972)
Diploma & Permit to Work with Radio-Isotopes in Research (1977)
Appointments:
- O.I.C. Nutritional Biochemistry Laboratory, Institute of Zootechnics, Balice, Cracow (1964-70)
- UN FAO Research Fellow at Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, Scotland, (1968)
- Nutrition Department Head, Central Laboratory of Food Industry, Lublin Poland (1970-72)
- Project Leader, Herbal Extraction Lab., Ruakura Res. Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand (1972-76)
- Senior Lecturer, Applied Biochemistry, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia (1977-78)
- Lecturer, Nutritional Biochem.& Environmental Physics, Sydney University, Australia (1978-79)
- Project Leader, Nutritional Biochemistry, Centre for Research & Development, Bogor, Indonesia (1979-82)
- Senior Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific&Industrial Res. Org. - CSIRO-Australia (1982-92)
- Director, Australian Food Information Centre, CSIRO-Sydney, Australia (1983-92)
- Research Fellow, US Department of Agric, Mayaguez Res. Station, Puerto Rico-USA (1984-85)
- Executive Director (R&D), Technology Transfer & Development – TTD International Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia and Hamilton, New Zealand (1987-)
- Research Fellow, Availability of Nutrients, Biochemical Aqua-Database, Oceanic Institute,Hawaii, USA (1991-98)
- Visiting Professor, Biochem.of Herbal Extraction & Refining, Nagoya University, Japan (1992-97)
- Professor (Hon.), Poly-culture for “Three Gorges Project”, Hubei University, China (1994-98)
- Senior Consultant and Project Coordinator, UNIDO-IPS, Beijing, China (1996-98)
- Senior Technical Advisor, China International Centre for Economical & Technical Exchanges (CICETE), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Beijing, China, (1999-2000)
- Professor (Hon.), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China (1995-99)
- Research Associate and Consultant in Natural Therapeutics and Refined Herbal Pharmaceuticals, Regional Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Sydney, Australia (1995-2000)
- R & D Consultant in Functional Foods & Herbal Extracts, Freedom Foods, Melbourne, (1995-)
- International Coordinator & Project Leader, Joint China-Australian Project "Ecology Restoration and Management in the Mountainous Area Surrounding Bejing City", International Cooperation Department, Commission of Science and Technology, Baoding, Hebei Province, China (1996-2000)
- Project Leader, Computerised Quality Certification Network for Exported/Imported Food Commodities and Medicinal Herbs, AFIC, Sydney (Australia)–Lelystadt, (Holland) (1994-2001)
- Director, R&D, Wild Herbs Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia (1998-2001)
- Chairman, Therapeutic Res.Fund,Charles Sturt Uni.Foundation,Bathurst, Australia (1998-2001)
- International Research Project Coordinator, Camptotheca acuminata – Xi-Shu Tree for Cancer Cure & Prevention, Northern University Harbin, China (1999-2001)
- Professor (Assoc.) in Therapeutic Research, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Aust.(1999-2001)
- Project Coordinator, Joint Therapeutic Research Project on Medicinal Plants, Australia-Poland, Research Institute for Medicinal Plants, Poznan, Poland (2000-)
- International Coordination, Distant Education Post-Diploma Courses for Medicine Graduates in Complementary Medicine, Pomeranian Medical Academy, Szczecin, Poland (2000-2002)
- Director (R&D), Nature Corp Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia (2001-2006)
- Chairman, Therapeutic Research Oceania, Sydney Australia (2001-2004)
- International Project Coordinator (Environmental Restoration), Forest NetWorld, Sydney Australia (2002-2004)
- Chairman, Greening China Fund Ltd, Hong Kong-ZhuHai, Beijing (China) and Sydney (Australia) (2002-)
- Director (R&D), Natural Health International, San Francisco, CA, USA and Sydney, Australia (2006-)
Publications:
More than 300 research & technical publications in professional journals, 18 of books, 11 book chapters.
Honours:
- Honorary Professor, Hubei Agricultural Universiyty, Hubei Province, China (1993);
- Honorary Professor, Chinese Academy of Agric. Science, Beijing, China (1996);
- Visiting Professor, Nagoya University, Japan (1992);
- Honorary International Editorial Board Member, Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica (2001)