Board of Directors

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    Prof. Maria Marco, PhD

    President

    Professor
    Department of Food Science and Technology
    University of California, Davis
    USA

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    Prof. Sarah Lebeer, PhD

    Vice President

    Professor
    Department of Bioscience Engineering
    University of Antwerp
    Belgium

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    Prof. Daniel Merenstein, MD

    Past President

    Professor
    Director of Research Programs
    Department of Family Medicine
    Georgetown University Medical Center
    USA

  • Anisha Wijeyesekera

    Dr. Anisha Wijeyesekera, PhD

    Secretary

    Associate Professor in Human Microbiome and Metabolome Studies
    Food Microbial Sciences Unit, Department of Food & Nutritional Sciences
    University of Reading
    UK

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    Prof. Kelly Swanson, PhD

    Treasurer

    Professor
    Director, Division of Nutritional Sciences
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    USA

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    Prof. Karen Scott, PhD

    Member-At-Large

    Professor
    Rowett Institute Microbial Ecology Group
    University of Aberdeen
    UK

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    Prof. Seppo Salminen, PhD

    Member-At-Large

    Professor
    Director, Functional Foods Forum
    University of Turku
    Finland

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    Prof. Hania Szajewska, MD

    Member-At-Large

    Professor
    Chair, Department of Paediatrics
    Medical University of Warsaw
    Poland

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    Prof. Daniel J. Tancredi, PhD

    Member-At-Large

    Professor
    Department of Pediatrics
    University of California, Davis
    USA

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    Dr. Gabriel Vinderola, PhD

    Member-At-Large

    Associate Professor of Microbiology
    Faculty of Chemical Engineering
    National University of Litoral
    Principal Researcher, CONICET
    Argentina

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    Prof. Kristin Verbeke, Pharm, PhD

    Member-At-Large

    Professor
    Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, Faculty of Medicine
    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Belgium

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    Dr. Geoffrey Preidis, MD, PhD

    Member-At-Large

    Associate Professor
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
    Pediatric Gastroenterologist
    Texas Children’s Hospital
    USA

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    Prof. Hannah D. Holscher, PhD RD

    Member-At-Large

    Professor
    Food Science & Human Nutrition
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    USA

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    Prof. Jens Walter, PhD

    Member-At-Large

    Professor
    Ecology, Food, & the Microbiome
    University College Cork & APC Microbiome Ireland
    Ireland

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    Marla Cunningham

    Executive Director

    Executive Director
    International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics
    Sacramento, USA
    Brisbane, Australia

Past Board Members

Prof. Eamonn Quigley MD, USA
Prof. Colin Hill PhD DSc, Ireland
Dr. Mary Ellen Sanders PhD, USA
Prof. Robert Hutkins PhD, USA
Prof. Glenn Gibson PhD, UK
Prof. Gregor Reid PhD MBA, Canada
Prof. Michael Cabana MD MPh, USA
Prof. Todd Klaenhammer PhD
, USA
Prof. George Fahey PhD, USA
Prof. Francisco Guarner MD PhD, Spain
Dr. Juliet Ansell DPhil, New Zealand
Prof. Fredrik Bäckhed PhD, Sweden
Prof. Nathalie Delzenne PhD, Belgium
Prof. Ian Rowland PhD, UK
Prof. James Versalovic MD PhD, USA
Prof. Harsharnjit Gill PhD, Australia
Prof. Bruno Pot PhD, Belgium
Prof. Bob Rastall PhD, UK
Prof. Marcel Roberfroid PhD, Belgium
Dr. Christine Cherbut PhD, France