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.

View Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences webpage 

Phone: 
+61 7 334 60538
Hartley Teakle Building #83, UQ St Lucia campus, St Lucia QLD 4072
Elkhorn building #1024, UQ Long pocket campus, 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly QLD 4068

Centre Director

  • Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa

    Centre Director, Nutrition & Food Science
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Affiliate of Centre for Geoanalytical Mass Spectrometry
    Centre for Geoanalytical Mass Spectrometry
    Centre Director of Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
    Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences

Centre Researchers

  • Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa

    Centre Director, Nutrition & Food Science
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Affiliate of Centre for Geoanalytical Mass Spectrometry
    Centre for Geoanalytical Mass Spectrometry
    Centre Director of Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
    Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
  • Professor Heather Smyth

    Deputy Director of Research
    The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Professorial Research Fellow
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
  • Professor Louw Hoffman

    Professor of Meat Science
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
  • Dr Bernadine Flanagan

    Research Fellow
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
  • Dr Agnelo Furtado

    Senior Research Fellow
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
  • Dr Michael Netzel

    Senior Research Fellow
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Affiliate Senior Research Fellow of School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
    School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
  • Dr Barbara Williams

    Honorary Senior Research Fellow
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
  • Dr Alison Kelly

    Dr Alison Kelly

    Adjunct Associate Professor
    Centre for Nutrition & Food Sciences (QAAFI)
    Senior Research Fellow in Statistic
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
  • Professor Mike Gidley

    Emeritus Professor
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Affiliate, Honorary and Adjunct Researchers