He currently researches acute and chronic gut disease. Specific projects on pro/prebiotics are being carried out. Human trials are a major facet of the research, with initial principles being tested in gut models.
8 books, >500 research papers, >75 PhD students (some co-supervised); >140 research contracts.
His PhD was on the bacteriology of sediments from University of Dundee. He then had research positions at MRC Dunn in Cambridge and Institute of Food Research in Reading.
Professor of Food Microbiology, The University of Reading
Visiting Professor, Imperial College, London (Institute for Global Health Innovation)