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Research Profile

Research 

My research interests lie in innovations connecting Agri-food Tech, Health, and Sustainability, analysing and evaluating opportunities in these industries, and creating new knowledge, formulations, and products at the proof-of-concept stage, using pre-clinical studies, cellular models, clinical trials, market research and surveys to develop solutions to Food Security-related issues. Examples of my research themes include:

  • Plant-based bioactive ingredients and nutraceuticals, cardio-metabolic risk, and heart health
  • Plant-based ingredients, phytochemicals, and immune function
  • Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory responses of plant-based diets to physiological stress.
  • Macro and microeconomic drivers and barriers to food, nutrition and health security.

Teaching and supervision

  • MSc course leader (Foundations of Nutrition)
  • Course contributor and supervisor on MSc programmes, e.g., Human Nutrition, Clinical Pharmacology, and Cardiovascular Science and Diabetes.

Activities

  • Registered nutritionist, UKVRN
  • Committee member, School of Medicine Ethics Review Board, University of Aberdeen
  • Reviewer for peer-reviewed journals (e.g. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Phytochemistry, European Food Research and Technology, Trends in Food Science and Technology, British Journal of Nutrition, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
  • Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
  • Member of the Nutrition Society

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Education/Academic qualification

Life Sciences & Medicine, PhD, Robert Gordon University

1 Oct 20031 Apr 2007

Award Date: 1 May 2007

Life Sciences & Medicine, Bachelors Degree, Robert Gordon University

1 Sept 19991 May 2003

Award Date: 2 Jun 2003

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