Harsharn Gill

RMIT University, Australia

Title: Head

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Biography

Professor Harsharn Gill is Head of the Food Research & Innovation Centre at RMIT University. He has over 25 years’ experience in leading and managing food, nutrition and health R&D in private and public sectors. Prior to joining RMIT, he held senior R&D leadership roles in Australia and New Zealand, including Research Director at the Department of Primary Industries Victoria; Chair of Functional Foods & Human Health at Massey University, and Director of Milk & Health Research Centre at Fonterra, New Zealand. He has published widely (h-index: 52; citations: over 10,600) and his research contributions have been recognised nationally and internationally with several awards and appointments to international expert panels, including WHO/FAO, NIH and IDF. Several, patent-protected, products resulting from his research have been commercialised globally. Prof Gill sits on the editorial boards of several scientific journals and is advisor to several national and multinational food companies.

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