Professor Andrew Sinclair

Emeritus Professor of Nutrition Science, Deakin University, Australia

Member, Science Advisory Council, Think Through Nutrition, UK

About

Professor Andrew Sinclair is Emeritus Professor of Nutrition Science in the School of Medicine, based in the Metabolic Research Unit at Deakin University.

Professor Sinclair is a Former Chair of the Australian Academy of Science, Nutrition Committee. He is an active researcher in a range of areas related to fatty acid metabolism in man and animals and the composition of foods (lipids and fat soluble vitamins).

His latest research interests are in the role of essential nutrients in brain function (zinc, DHA), metabolism of DPAn-3, lipidomic analysis of chylomicrons and omega 3 fatty acid metabolism in fish and mammals.

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  • Australasian-American Oil Chemists’ Society Research Award 2015, International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids Alexander Leaf Life-time Research Award (2014)

    Honorary Fellow of Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (2011)

    Fellow of the Nutrition Society of Australia (2003)

    Fellow of the Australian Institute of Food Science & Technology (2001)

    Fellow (Hon), Australia College of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine (2012)

    Supelco/Nicholas Pellick AOCS Research Award (1999)

  • Senior Research Consultant, National Institute of Integrative Medicine, Australia

    Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, Monash University, Australia

    Visiting Professor, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

    Former Chair, National Committee for Nutrition, Australian Academy of Science

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  • Food technology, clean food, food security, nutrition in transition, optimizing brain health through nutrition.

  • For a full list of publications, visit Google Scholar.