Dr. David Pasco, Assistant Director University of Mississippi, NCNPR
Rolph Schaeffer, CIS Pharma
Rolf Schäfer graduated in organic chemistry from the University of Basel, Switzerland. He earned his doctorate degree at the Max Planck Institute in Germany under Nobel Prize Laureates Professor Butenant, Professor Eigen and Professor Luenen.
In 1978 he joined CIS Pharma. He worked with heart transplant pioneer Dr. Christian Barnard on cell differentiation and immunology. Jointly they developed an anti-aging technology.
Dr. Pasco joined The University of Mississippi Department of Pharmacognosy and The National Center for the Development of Natural Products as Research Professor in 1995.
He holds a B.A. in Biology from Thiel College, an M.S. in Natural Sciences 1974 and a Ph.D. in Physiology from the Roswell Park Cancer Research Institute, University of Buffalo.