Dr Dai is the Deputy Director of The Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology and the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Science. He graduated in chemistry from Jiangxi University, China, and thereafter was admitted as a candidate for successive postgraduate and doctoral programmes of study in the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He specialised in Biology at the German Academic Exchange Center (DAAD) and continued his post doctorate degree at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.
Having accepted a position at Hainan Li Medical Resource Research and Development, China, Dr Dai began his studies of Agarwood, and already has more than 10 years of extensive Agarwood research and development experience behind him. During these 10years, Dr Dai has conducted systematic studies, not only on domestic Agarwood (including Qi Nam), but also on Agarwood from 10 foreign countries, including Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.
Dr Dai has hands-on experience of Agarwood plantations, and has invented and developed a successful inoculation method (subsequently patented), which infects the whole tree from roots to leaf nodes, thereby maximising yield and value for oil and infected biomass wood chips production.
This technology is currently being used in Hainan, Yunnan, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, and exclusively in Thailand by APC. In addition, Dr Dai actively develops Agarwood related downstream products, and has assisted in the formulation of a high-end perfume, essential oil, Agarwood ganoderma tea, Agarwood leaves tea, Agarwood cigarette and Agarwood wine. He is heavily involved in the promotion of sustainable development within the Agarwood industry.
His scientific research even caught the media’s attention, and as such he has appeared on CCTV (China Central Television) and has been interviewed by CCTV Channels 1, 2, 4 and 10. Dr Dai is widely acknowledged as one of Asia’s leading experts in his specialised area, and is now a full-time member of APC’s Scientific and Research Advisory Board.
