Dr Tony Booker gained his PhD in Pharmacognosy and Ethnopharmacy from UCL, London in 2014 and went on to complete several post-doctoral projects before becoming the Course Leader for the MSc in Chinese Herbal Medicine at The University of Westminster, London. He is currently a Reader in Ethnopharmacology at The University of Westminster and Course Leader for Chinese Herbal Medicine at The UK-Taiwan Academy of Traditional Medicine. As well as lecturing in ethnopharmacology, his university based research focuses on the quality, safety and effectiveness of herbal medicinal products. He is a past president of the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Fellow of The Linnean Society and is a member of the UK Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee, where he provides advice to the UK Government medicines regulators on matters concerning the quality of herbal medicines.