Dr. Anisha Wijeyesekera PhD, is an Associate Professor in Human Microbiome and Metabolome Studies, and Director of Postgraduate Research Studies in the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Reading, UK. She obtained her PhD in Biochemistry from Imperial College London (UK). Her research interfaces analytical chemistry with microbiology and nutrition and applies ‘omics technologies coupled with bio/chemoinformatics data analysis, for functional assessment of the human microbiota and to gain better insight into host-gut microbiota interactions. Dr. Wijeyesekera joined the ISAPP Board of Directors in 2021. She is also a member of the Academic Board for the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Community of Analytical Measurement Sciences, and the London Metabolomics Network Committee.