Leon Brimeris member of the Working Group (WG) on Alkaloids in Food and former member of the WG on natural contaminants in plant feeding stuffs; European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). He translated "The new honest herbal" by Professor Varro Tyler (Purdue Univerity) for Danish readers. He received a grant from the Carlsberg Foundation to allow him to concentrate on writing a book on useful chemical compounds from acacia trees. Dr. Brimer earned his Ph.D. and Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degrees from University of Copenhagen (UC). He has taught chemical food safety for 20 years at Faculty of Life Sciences (UC), and studied chemical food safety in Europe and in many parts of Africa. Leon Brimer has also been affiliated to the Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory - WHO Collaborating Centre. In 2010 he implemented the world's first 100% online (distance) course in chemical and microbiological food safety with students worldwide. Read More Read Less