Current Role

• Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Reading, UK
  • Director of the Chemical Analysis Facility
  • Research focus: Nutritional biomarkers, polyphenols, and dietary assessment methods
  • Module convenor “Nutritional epidemiology and public health” and undergraduate research projects
  • Examinations Officer
• ORCID ID 0000-0002-8081-8931
• See here for publications

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Education

• PhD in Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Germany (Summa cum laude)
• Diploma in Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Germany
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, University of Reading, UK

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Professional Experience

• 2019 – Present: Professor, University of Reading, UK
• 2014 – 2019: Associate Professor, University of Reading, UK
• 2010 – 2014: Lecturer in Nutritional Biochemistry, University of Reading, UK
• 2004 – 2010: Career Development Fellow and Investigator Scientist, MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Cambridge, UK
• 2003 – 2004: Technical Specialist, Covance, Inc., Harrogate, UK
• 2001 – 2003: Postdoctoral Researcher, King’s College London, UK

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Research Interests

• Development of biomarkers for dietary intake and disease risk
• Impact of polyphenols and bioactives on health
• Nutritional epidemiology and diet-disease relationships
• Advanced analytical methods using mass spectrometry