Michael Gibney, PhD,MA,MSc

Michael Gibney, MA, MSc, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Food and Health at University College Dublin and served as the inaugural Director of the UCD Institute of Food and Health (2006-2013). He served on the Faculties of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Sydney (1973-1976) and of Medicine at the University of Southampton (1976-1984) and Trinity College Dublin (1984-2006). A former President of the Nutrition Society, he has served on many expert committees advising the European Union on issues of food and health. He is a fellow of the American Society for Nutrition, the Nutrition Society and the International Union of Food Science and Technology. His research interests are in molecular and metabolic nutrition and in public health nutrition. He is author of several popular books on food including  Ever seen a fat fox- human obesity explored and recently, Food through the ages, a popular history.