People of ASP

John Cardellina earned bachelor degrees in Chemistry and Russian from Pennsylvania State University, and a Ph.D. from the Univ. Hawaii (1979). Following an academic position at Montana State University, he headed the Natural Products Chemistry Section of the NCI Lab. of Drug Discovery Research and Development. Research, and in 1998 joined the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) as V. P. of Botanical Science and Regulatory Affairs, guiding member companies in the manufacture of high quality, safe, beneficial herbal products for the ever-growing number of consumers. From 2002-2007, he served as an expert chemist in the NCI Screening Technologies Branch, focusing on the identification and preclinical development of novel antitumor, antiviral and anti-infective agents from libraries of natural product extracts and synthetic compounds. Currently, he consults for the dietary supplement industry, the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements and the US Army Research Institute for Infectious Diseases. John attended his first ASP meeting in 1981 in Pittsburgh where President Jack Rosazza introduced himself to John within three minutes of his arrival! Other meeting highlights have been getting extra lobster(s) from President Yuzuru Shimizu at the Rhode Island meeting, and precipitating a lobster consumption challenge with Norm Farnsworth and others in an unlimited crab feed at 2006 Washington/Crystal City meeting. Since 1981, John has been very active on numerous ASP committees, and during his Presidential year he established the Younger Members Committee. (Scott Baggett)