Prof. Hubiao Chen graduated from Hunan Normal University in 1983. He obtained his PhD degree at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Beijing Medical University in 1988. From 1989-2006, he served at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center as a lecturer (1989), associate professor (1990) and professor (1997). During that period, he also went to Tokyo Metropolitan University as a visiting scholar in 1995 and worked as an assistant professor at Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University from 2000-2002 in Japan. In 2006, he joined the School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, where he is currently a professor and serves as the Programme Director of Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) in Chinese Medicine. Over the years, he has specialized in research in plant taxonomy, chemistry of natural products and scientific research into the resource and quality assessment of Chinese medicinal materials. He has published over 260 associated papers in domestic and international journals and 80 books that are related with plant taxonomy, medicinal botany and Chinese herbal medicines. Prof. Chen also serves as member of the editorial board for several professional publications such as Journal of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences, China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica, and so on. In addition, he also actively promotes the Chinese medicine digitalization and has launched five online databases that are as follows. This project received 2012 American Library Association (ALA) Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library award.

陳虎彪教授1983年畢業於湖南師範大學生物系, 1988年於北京醫科大學藥學院（現為北京大學藥學院）獲生藥學理學博士學位。1989年至2006年任職於北京大學藥學院天然藥物學系, 先後任講師（1988）、副教授（1990）、教授（1997）。1995年作為訪問學者在日本東京都立大學進行學術交流和合作研究；2000年11月至2002年3月任日本金沢大學藥學部助教授；2006年9月至今於香港浸會大學中醫藥學院執教，現任教授、中藥課程主任、中藥標準化研究中心主任、浸大中醫醫院有限公司董事。兼任日本金沢大學合作教授，廣東省粵港澳分子靶標與臨床藥理學高校聯合實驗室聯合主任。並任《中國藥學》（英文版）、《中國中藥雜誌》、《生命世界》等雜誌編委。主要從事藥用植物學、中藥資源學及中藥質量評價與質量控制研究，主持國家自然科學基金（NSFC）、香港研究資助局優配研究金（GRF）、香港創新科技署創新及科技基金（ITF）、香港衛生署醫療衛生研究基金（HMRF）、香港中藥材標準（港標HKCMMS）及國際合作科研課題多項, 發表研究論文260餘篇，其中包括SCI論文190餘篇，獲教育部和國家中醫藥管理局等省部級獎6項，被美國史丹福大學評選為全球頂尖2%的科學家。主編或參編有《藥用植物學》、《中國高等植物》、《中草藥與民族藥藥材圖譜》、《大黃的現代研究》、《當代藥用植物典》(中、英、韓文版)、《中藥材鑒定圖典》(中、英、日、韓、德、俄、越南文、葡萄牙文、阿拉伯文版)、《中草藥野外識別圖譜》、《中藥顯微鑒定圖典》、《中草藥全真圖鑒》、《藥用植物學精解圖典》、《中藥原植物鑒定圖典》等專著、教材、辭典80餘部, 其中主編著作30餘部。主持“中醫藥數字化”項目並創建 “藥用植物圖像數據庫”、“中藥材圖像數據庫”、“中草藥化學圖像數據庫”、 “中藥方劑圖像數據庫” 、“中醫藥趣味練習”網站，該項目榮獲美國圖書館協會2012年度國際創新獎。

Plant Taxonomy and Pharmacognosy; Medicinal Plant Resources Study and Natural Products Chemistry; Quality Assessment and Control of Chinese Materia Medica