Deanna M. Minich, MS, PhD, CNS, IFMCP, is a nutrition scientist, international lecturer, educator, and author with over 20 years of cumulative experience in academia and in the food and dietary supplement
industries. She earned her BA in biology at Augustana University, her MS in human nutrition and dietetics at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and her PhD at the University of Groningen (Netherlands), where her dissertation topic was Essential Fatty Acid Absorption and Metabolism. She is a fellow of the American College of Nutrition, an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner (IFMCP), a Certified Nutrition Specialist, a Certified Nutritionist (Washington State Department of Health), and a registered yoga teacher (Yoga Alliance).
Henry O. Meissner is a Professor in Therapeutic Research at NICM, Western Sydney University, Westmead, Australia. He is also a Research Director of Therapeutic Research, at TTD International Pty Ltd. in Sydney, Australia and Natural Health International, USA, with prior long-term engagements with government research institutions and universities in Australia, NZ, USA, Japan, China, and historically in Poland. He earned his BSc in Agricultural Sciences in 1961, MSc in Environmental Sciences in 1963, Ph.D. in Nutritional Biochemistry in 1968, a Diploma in Computer Techniques in Research and Commerce in 1972, and a Diploma and Permit to Work with Radio-Isotopes in Research in 1977. With his lifetime involvement in applied research covering biochemical aspects of dietary imbalances and metabolic disorders about environmental influences, he provides research consultancies to pharmaceutical
companies worldwide. Over the last 20 years, Professor Meissner’s research interest in medicinal plants has focused on the use of standardized Peruvian plant maca (Lepidium peruvianum, synonym L. meyenii) and its prime phenotypes in alleviating gender-related health disorders and designing lines of standardized, clinically-tested phytopharmaceutical products for a wide range of gender- and age-related health symptoms. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed scientific papers, books, and textbook chapters on a wide spectrum of research topics, related to his professional interest.
