Steven King

Chief Sustainable Supply, Ethnobotanical Research & IP Officer at Jaguar Health

Dr. King has served as the head of sustainable supply, ethnobotanical research and intellectual property since 2004. Prior to that, Dr. King served as the Vice President of Ethnobotany and Conservation at Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. King has been recognized by the International Natural Products and Conservation Community for the creation and dissemination of research on the long-term sustainable harvest and management of Croton lechleri, the widespread source of crofelemer. Dr. King is currently a member of the board of directors of Healing Forest Conservatory, a California not-for-profit public benefit corporation. Dr. King holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in biology from the City University of New York (CUNY), and he received the first doctoral fellowship granted by the Institute of Economic Botany of the New York Botanical Garden.

Timeline

  • Chief Sustainable Supply, Ethnobotanical Research & IP Officer

    Current role

  • EVP, Sustainable Supply, Ethnobotanical Research & IP

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