Maria Marco, PhD

President

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

Sarah Lebeer, PhD

Vice President

Professor
Microbiology and Molecular Biology
Department of Bioscience Engineering
University of Antwerp
Belgium

Daniel Merenstein, MD

Past President

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

Anisha Wijeyesekera, PhD

Secretary

Associate Professor
Food Microbial Sciences Unit
Department of Food & Nutritional Sciences
University of Reading
UK

Kelly Swanson, PhD

Treasurer

Professor, Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences
Adjunct Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
USA

Karen Scott, PhD

Member-At-Large

Professor
Rowett Institute
University of Aberdeen
UK

Seppo Salminen, PhD

Member-At-Large

Professor, Director
Functional Foods Forum
University of Turku
Finland

Eamonn Quigley, MD

Member-At-Large

Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
The Methodist Hospital and Weill Cornell School of Medicine
Texas, USA

Hania Szajewska, MD, PhD

Member-At-Large

Professor
Department of Paediatrics
The Medical University of Warsaw
Poland

Daniel J. Tancredi, PhD

Member-At-Large

Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of California, Davis
USA

Gabriel Vinderola, PhD

Member-At-Large

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

Kristin Verbeke, Pharm, PhD

Member-At-Large

Professor
Translational Research in Gastrointestinal Disorders
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Belgium  

Geoffrey Preidis, MD, PhD

Member-At-Large

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

Marla Cunningham

Executive Director

Past Board Members

  • Colin Hill PhD, DSc

    University College Cork, Ireland

  • Robert Hutkins, PhD

    University of Nebraska, USA

  • Mary Ellen Sanders, PhD

    Dairy and Food Culture Technologies

  • Glenn Gibson, PhD

    The University of Reading, UK

  • Gregor Reid, PhD, MBA

    The University of Western Ontario, Canada

  • Todd Klaenhammer, PhD

    North Carolina State University, USA

  • GEORGE FAHEY, PHD

    University of Illinois, USA

  • FRANCISCO GUARNER, MD, PHD

    University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Spain

  • JULIET ANSELL, D. PHIL.

    Zespri, New Zealand

  • Fredrik Bäckhed

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

  • NATHALIE M. DELZENNE, PHD

    Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

  • BRUNO POT , PHD

    Institut Pasteur de Lille (IBL), France

  • BOB RASTALL, PHD

    University of Reading, UK

  • IAN ROWLAND, PHD

    University of Reading, UK

  • HARSHARNJIT S. GILL, PHD

    Australia

  • MARCEL ROBERFROID, PHD

    Professor Emeritus Université Catholique de LOUVAIN, Belgium

  • CRISTINE CHERBUT, PHD

    National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France

  • Michael Cabana, MD, MPH

    University of California, San Francisco