Paul Alan Cox

TIME magazine named ethnobotanist Paul Alan Cox one of 11 “Heroes of Medicine” for his work in ethnobotanical drug discovery. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize, sometimes called the Nobel Prize of the Environment, for his efforts in preserving Samoan rain forests and helater shared the Rachel Carson Award with Senator Tom Harkin.

Cox founded and is chairman of Seacology, an environmental organization headquartered in Berkeley, California, which has preserved over 1.5 million acres of rain forest and acres of coral reef on islands throughout the world.

In Jackson Hole, Wyoming Cox serves as Director of the Brain Chemistry Labs. His current ethnobotanical research is focused on discovering new therapies for ALS and Alzheimer’s Disease.