The Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences is part of the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, a partnership between UQ and the Queensland Government. It aims to support the development of enhanced health outcomes and economic benefits for Australia by carrying out relevant fundamental research to provide a sound basis for subsequent exploitation.

The science of food and nutrition involves the integration of approaches drawing from physical, chemical, and biological disciplines. The Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences uses a range of cross-disciplinary approaches, modern analytical techniques and understanding developed through study of model systems, to identify the fundamental mechanisms responsible for important food and nutrition properties. This involves extensive collaboration with research groups from The University of Queensland, the Queensland Department of Employment Economic Development and Innovation, and many other Australian and international partners.

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Phone: 
+61 7 334 60538
Hartley Teakle Building #83, St Lucia

Centre Director

  • Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa

    Centre Director, Nutrition & Food Science
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Centre Director of Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
    Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences

Centre Researchers

Affiliate, Honorary and Adjunct Researchers

  • Dr Bruce D'Arcy

    Adjunct Senior Fellow
    Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
  • Dr Sushil Dhital

    Honorary Senior Fellow
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
  • Dr Glen Fox

    Honorary Senior Lecturer
    Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
  • Dr Alison Kelly

    Dr Alison Kelly

    Senior Research Fellow in Statistic
    Centre for Crop Science
    Adjunct Associate Professor
    Centre for Nutrition & Food Sciences (QAAFI)
  • Honorary Professor Qiaoquan Liu

    Dean
    College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, China
    Honorary Professor
    Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
  • Associate Professor Zivile Luksiene

    Associate Professor
    Vilnius University
  • Honorary Professor Michael Rychlik

    Professor, Head of the Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry
    TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
    Honorary Professor
    Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
  • Dr Dharini Sivakumar

    Associate Professor and Senior Principal Research Fellow, Agri-Food Science
    Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
  • Professor Mark Turner

    Affiliate Professor
    Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
    Professor and Academic Senior Group/Unit Leader/Supervisor
    School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
  • Dr Francisco Vilaplana

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  • Dr Olivia Wright

    Senior Lecturer
    School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
    Senior Research Fellow
    Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences