DEFRA Food Quality and Innovation Programme Management Committee
Editorships
Series Editor, RSC Monographs in Food Analysis.
Member of Editorial Board, Sciences Des Aliments
Member of Advisory Board Gracas et Acietes
Member of Editorial Advisory Board European Food Science and Technology Journal
Senior Visiting Fellow Chinees Academy of Sciences, Wuhan
Conference Activities
2001
Invited Lecture “Applications of NMR to Food Science” Annual Meeting of the German Chemical Society, Wuerzburg, Germany
2002
Invited Lecture “Role of High molecular Weight Subunits in Dough Rheology” ICC, Pretoria, South Africa
Member Scientific Committee and session Chair EU/ ICC Cereal Conference 2002: Implementation of the European Research Area. Vienna
Session chair and member of the organising committee 6th International Conference on the Applications of Magnetic Resonance to Food Science, Paris
Invited lectures “Applications of Spectroscopy to Biomaterials” and “Structure Function Relationships in High Molecular Weight Subunits” Royal Australian Chemical Institute meeting “From Grain to Gain”, Christchurch, New Zealand
2003
Invited lecture, session Chair and Conference Chairman: The Proteins of Sorghum and Millets: Enhancing Nutritional and Functional Properties for Africa (AFRIPRO). Pretoria , South Africa.
Invited lecture “Enhancing the Nutritional and Functional Properties of the Proteins of Sorghum and Millets for Africa” International working meeting “Food Africa” Yaounde, Cameroon,
Invited lecture The Royal Society at the Africa Centre, UK “Africa Science - new ways with an old harvest”
Exhibit at the Royal Society’s Summer Exhibition “Sorghum Africa’s Sustainable Cereal”
Invited Lecture “What Makes a Good Theory of Gluten Viscoelasticity?” 6th Gluten Workshop, Viterbo, Italy
Invited Seminar “Applications of Magnetic Resonance to Food Science” The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark
Member of faculty and lecturer “International Advanced Course on Industrial Proteins” Wageningen, Holland
2004
Invited Lecture “In Search of Dityrosine” Eurospec conference, Paris
Invited Lecture “New Developments in Sorghum Proteins Including Biofilms” 12th International Cereals and Bread Congress, Harrogate, UK
Invited Lecture “Loops and Trains-Pros and Cons” American Association of Cereal Chemists’ Workshop Gluten Structure , Rheology, Function, Harrogate, UK
Session Chair, member scientific committee 7th International Conference on Applications of Magnetic Resonance to Food Science, Copenhagen
2005
Invited Lecture “Relaxation Time Measurements in Sugar Glasses” The 4th Conference on Field Cycling NMR Relaxometry, Turin , Italy
Seminar “Bread and Sugar-Foods as Problems in Disordered Material” University of Halle, Department of Physics, Halle, Germany
Invited Lecture “Biomechanical Properties of Gluten, Dough and Bread” Rank Prize funds Symposium, Grasmere, UK
2006
Member scientific committee, session chair, invited lecture “How Much Information is there in an NMR Spectrum?” 8th International Conference on Applications of Magnetic Resonance to Food Science, Nottingham.
Invited Lecture “The Molecular Basis of Gluten Rheology-Some Answers Some Questions” American Association of Cereal Chemists, World Grains Summit, San Francisco, USA
2007
Invited Lecture “End Use Functionality of Cereal and Pseudocereal Components” IFS Workshop, Traditional Grains for Low Environmental Impact and Good Health, Pretoria, South Africa
Invited Lecture “Bread the Baked Enigma” Seminar organised by the French Scientific Attaché in London, London UK
2008
Invited Lecture “Prolamin structure and Material Functionality” Novel Q meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden
Invited Lecture “The Interactions of Water in Food” Moscow International Congress
Biotechnology: State of the Art and Prospects of Development and International Exhibition Biotech World, Moscow, Russian Federation
Member scientific committee, session chair, invited lecture “How Much Information is there in an NMR Spectrum?” 9th International Conference on Applications of Magnetic Resonance to Food Science, Reykjavik, Iceland “Water/Biopolymer Interactions: Comparison of NMR with other Techniques”
Invited lecture “Spectroscopic Approaches to Understanding Water in Food - a Critical Appraisal” 14th World Congress of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
2009
Plenary lecture “Hydration of Food Biopolymers some Myths and Mysteries” III International Congress of Science and Food Technology. Córdoba, Argentina
Invited seminar “The Molecular Basis of Gluten Functionality” Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - Córdoba , Argentina
2010
Invited lecture “Why is Gluten Elastic” 15th World Congress of Food Science and Technology, Cape Town, South Africa.
Member scientific committee, Plenary lecture “Magnetic Resonance in Food: 20 Years Forward and 20 Years Back” 10th International Conference on Applications of Magnetic Resonance to Food Science, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
2012
Invited Lecture “Structure Function Relationships in Food and Pharmaceutical Formulations - from Molecular Architecture to Macroscopic Properties” Food Matrix Microstructure and Gut Health workshop, Bangkok, Thailand
Invited Lecture “Labile Solid Drugs and Sugar Glasses” Lanzhou University, China
Invited Lecture “Hydration of Food Biopolymers” Guangzhou University, China
Invited Lecture “Protein/Water Interactions” University of Eindhoven, Holland
2013
Invited Lecture Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan "Investigating drug carrying systems by relaxometry and diffusion"
Invited Lecture 15th BCEIA Conference. Beijing "“NMR Studies of Water:Protein Interactions: Some Myths and Mysteries”"
