SC 13G SCHEDULE 13G UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )* DERMA SCIENCES, INC (Name of Issuer) COMMON STOCK (Title of Class of Securities) 249827502 (CUSIP Number) HARVEY L. POPPEL 110 EL MIRASOL PALM BEACH, FL 33480 561-653-8000 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) DECEMBER 31, 2011 (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: X Rule 13d-1(b) Rule 13d-1(c) Rule 13d-1(d) * The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS HARVEY L. POPPEL 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) o (b) x (1) 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Florida, United States of America 5 SOLE VOTING POWER 0 6 SHARED VOTING POWER 458,292 (2) 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 458,292 (2) 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 458,292 (2) 10 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) o 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 4.3% (3) 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) IN (1) This Schedule 13G is filed by Harvey L. Poppel on behalf of Harvey L. Poppel 2002 Trust, Harvey L. Poppel IRA, Emily A. Poppel 2002 Trust, Emily A. Poppel IRA, and Poptech, LP Family Limited Partnership controlled by Harvey L. & Emily A. Poppel. Harvey L. Poppel expressly disclaims status as a group for purposes of this Schedule 13G. (2) These shares are held directly by Harvey L Poppel 2002 Trust, Harvey L. Poppel IRA, Emily A. Poppel 2002 Trust, Emily A. Poppel IRA, and Poptech, LP a Family Limited Partnership controlled by Harvey L. and Emily A. Poppel who are the sole members of Poptech, LLC. Poptech, LLC is the sole General Partner of Poptech, LP. Poptech, LLC does not directly owns any securities of the Issuer. Poptech, LLC may be deemed to have shared power to vote or direct the vote of, and to dispose or direct the disposition of, the securities of the Issuer held by Poptech, LP but disclaim beneficial ownership except to their pecuniary interest therein. (3) This percentage is calculated based upon 10,577,632 shares of the Issuers common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2011 and 66,666 unexercised warrants owned by Harvey L. Poppel IRA and 12,121 unexercised warrants owned by Poptech, LP. Item 1(a) Name of Issuer Derma Sciences, Inc. Item 1(b) Address of Issuers Principal Executive Offices 214 Carnegie Center, Suite 300, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing Harvey L. Poppel Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence 110 El Mirasol Palm Beach, FL 33480 Item 2(c) Citizenship Florida, United States of America Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities Common Stock Item 2(e) CUSIP Number 249827502 Item 3 Not applicable. Item 4 Ownership Shares Sole Held Voting Directly Power HARVEY L. POPPEL 2002 TRUST 12,605 0 HARVEY L. POPPEL IRA 387,224(3) 0 EMILY A. POPPEL 2002 TRUST 500 0 EMILY A. POPPEL IRA 5,500 0 POPTECH, LP 45,463(4) 0 Shared Sole Voting Dispositive Power (1) Power HARVEY L. POPPEL 2002 TRUST 458,492 0 HARVEY L. POPPEL IRA 458,492 0 EMILY A. POPPEL 2002 TRUST 458,492 0 EMILY A. POPPEL IRA 458,492 0 POPTECH, LP 458,492 0 Shared Dispositive Beneficial Power (1) Ownership (1)% of Class(2) HARVEY L. POPPEL 2002 TRUST 458,492 458,492 4.3% HARVEY L. POPPEL IRA 458,492 458,492 4.3% EMILY A. POPPEL 2002 TRUST 458,492 458,492 4.3% EMILY A. POPPEL IRA 458,492 458,492 4.3% POPTECH, LP 458,492 458,492 4.3% (1) These shares are held directly by Harvey L Poppel 2002 Trust, Harvey L. Poppel IRA, Emily A. Poppel 2002 Trust, Emily A. Poppel IRA, and Poptech, LP a Family Limited Partnership controlled by Harvey L. and Emily A. Poppel who are the sole members of Poptech, LLC. Poptech, LLC is the sole General Partner of Poptech, LP. Poptech, LLC does not directly owns any securities of the Issuer. Poptech, LLC may be deemed to have shared power to vote or direct the vote of, and to dispose or direct the disposition of, the securities of the Issuer held by Poptech, LP but disclaim beneficial ownership except to their pecuniary interest therein. (2) This percentage is calculated based upon 10,577,632 shares of the Issuers common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2011 and 66,666 unexercised warrants owned by Harvey L. Poppel IRA and 12,121 unexercised warrants owned by Poptech, LP. (3) Includes 66,666 unexercised warrants at $5.50/share (4) Includes 12,121 unexercised warrants at $9.90/share Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following--Yes Item 6 Ownership of More than Five Percent of Another Person Not applicable. Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company Not applicable. Item 8 Identification and Classification of Members of the Group Not applicable. Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group Not applicable. Item 10 Certification By signing below, I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. EXECUTED this 20th day of January, 2012 HARVEY L. POPPEL By: HARVEY L. POPPEL