Chief Science Officer
Unigen, Inc.
Tacoma, Washington, United States
Dr. Jia has worked for the company nearly 30 years since Unigen’s inception in 1996. Since joining Unigen as Director of Natural Products in 1996, Dr. Jia has established collaborations with multiple organizations around the world to collect indigenous medicinal plants and has built up a proprietary natural products library and the discovery platform, PhytoLogix®, with thousands of collections. He has led product development and commercialization of nutritional and cosmetic ingredients with expanded responsibility as Vice President of Product Development between 1999 – 2004 and as Chief Scientific Officer from 2004 to present. Dr. Jia holds 107 issued international patents and has 73 peer-reviewed publications and 64 oral or poster presentations at professional conferences in the field of natural products research. The ingredients Univestin® and Nivitol®, co-invented by Dr. Jia and Unigen scientists, have been utilized by global brands in joint health and even skin tone products. Dr. Jia received his B.S. in Medicinal Chemistry from Beijing Medical University in 1985 and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Texas Christian University in 1995. Dr. Jia has studied ethnomedicinal plants for over 35 years. He has demonstrated a strong leadership and record of success in natural products discovery, development, commercialization and establishment of R&D collaborations with universities, institutes and industry partners.
Bioactives for Brain and Cardiometabolic Health (Oral Session 23)
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Disclosure(s): Unigen Inc.: Executive Role (e.g. Board of Directors) (Ongoing)
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
10:00 AM – 10:12 AM ET
Disclosure(s): Unigen Inc.: Executive Role (e.g. Board of Directors) (Ongoing)