Dr. Hang Ma

University of Rhode Island

Hang Ma, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the College of Pharmacy of the University of Rhode Island (URI) and the Associate Director of Bioactive Botanical Research Laboratory at URI. Dr. Ma received his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2011 and 2014 from URI, respectively. Dr. Ma has over 20 years of research experience in natural products chemistry. His research interests include the phytochemical and biological investigations of natural products from medicinal plants and functional foods for their nutraceutical and cosmeceutical applications. Dr. Ma has co-authored over 100 original peer-reviewed research articles, 3 review articles, and 1 international patent on novel botanical extracts for cosmetics. He is a member of the Editorial Board of several scientific journals including Cannabis and cannabinoids Research and Journal of Cannabis Research.