Discovering the Acai

Alexander G. Schauss, Ph.D., FACN

Alexander G. Schauss, PhD, FACN, is the Director of Natural and Medicinal Products Research, in Puyallup, Washington, USA.

He is Adjunct Research Professor of Botanical Medicine at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon, and former Clinical Professor of Natural Products Research at the same institution. He has held academic appointments at other institutions, including: Senior Director of the Southwest College Research Institute in Scottsdale, Arizona; Associate Professor of Research at the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, in Tempe, Arizona; Research Director, Graduate School, City University, Seattle; and, Lecturer in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Bastyr University in Seattle.

Dr. Schauss has studied nutrition and botanical medicine for over 30 years. He is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition (FACN), an Emeritus Member of the New York Academy of Sciences, former Chairman of the Food Policy Council of the National Council for Public Health Policy, an Honorary Founding Member of the British Society of Nutritional Medicine, and Emeritus Executive Director of the American Preventive Medical Association. He is a member of the American Society of Nutrition, the American Chemical Society, the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals, the Society for Food Science and Technology, and an Associate Member of the Society of Toxicology.

Dr. Schauss received the Linus Pauling Lecture Award for contributions in the medical sciences in 2005 from the American College for the Advancement of Medicine.