Christopher Hobbs, PhD, LAc

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Dr. Christopher Hobbs is a fourth-generation internationally renowned herbalist, licensed acupuncturist, herbal clinician, research scientist, consultant to the dietary supplement industry, expert witness, botanist, and mycologist with over 40 years of experience.

The author or co-author of over 20 books, Christopher lectures on herbal medicine worldwide. He has taught at numerous universities and medical schools, including Bastyr University and the National School of Naturopathic Medicine. He taught classes for over seven years at the University of California, Berkeley, as a PhD graduate student in evolutionary biology, phylogenetics, plant chemistry, and ethnobotany, and then as a faculty lecturer after receiving his PhD.

Christopher is currently teaching a fully accredited lab class in all aspects of herbal medicine at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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