Speakers

Paul Moughan was Foundation Head, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University. From 2003 until 2017 he was Foundation Co-Director of the Riddet Institute, hosted by Massey University. He is currently Acting Director of the Riddet Institute CoRE, and holds the positions of Distinguished Professor at Massey University and Riddet Institute Fellow Laureate. He has published in excess of 500 scientific works. In 1995 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, England. In 2011 he was appointed Chair of the FAO Expert Consultation to review recommendations on the characterisation of dietary protein quality in humans. He has received numerous awards, including the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to science (2026 New Years Honours) and the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Science Prize (2012). In 2014 he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Guelph, Canada and in 2018 the Wageningen University Medal of Honour, the Netherlands.