Current Position
Research Officer at Phytax GmbH, Schlieren
Projects
- Herbal drugs in European tradition – A phylogenetic, chemosensory and neuropharmacologic approach. Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher; Department of Biomedical Science, University of Cagliari, Italy. MedPlant ITN
- Ethnobotanical study of ritual plants used among the Bai of Shaxi, Southwest China.
Research interest
- Ethnobotany
- Phamacognosy
- Botany
- Phylogenetic Inference
- Machine Learning
Geographical area
Europe, Mediterranean Basin, China, Switzerland
Education
- BSc in Biology (University of Zürich)
- MSc in Systematics and Evolution (Weckerle Group, University of Zürich)
- PhD in Neuroscience (Leonti Group, University of Cagliari)
Professional experience
- Quality control of Chinese and European herbal drugs (Phytax GmbH, Schlieren)
- Botanical field surveys
Selected publications
- Staub P.O., Casu L., Leonti M. 2016. Back to the roots: A quantitative survey of herbal drugs in Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica (ex Matthioli, 1568). Phytomedicine, 23:1043-1052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phymed.2016.06.016
- Staub P.O., Geck M.S., Weckerle C.S. 2011. Incense and ritual plant use in Southwest China: A case study among the Bai in Shaxi. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 7:43. https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-7-43
- Staub P.O., Schiestl F.P., Leonti M., Weckerle C.S. 2011. Chemical analysis of incense smokes used in Shaxi, Southwest China: A novel methodological approach in Ethnobotany. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 138:212-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2011.08.078