Fergus M. Clydesdale BA, MA, PhD

Dr. Clydesdale is currently Distinguished University Professor, Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Director of the University of Massachusetts Food Science Policy Alliance. From 1988 to 2008 he was head of the Department of Food Science, which when he stepped down, was ranked the top department in the university in student satisfaction and recently ranked the top Department in the country by the National Research Council, National Academies. He is a fellow of five premier societies in the field of food science and nutrition, editor of Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition and has published some 375 scientific articles and coauthored or edited 20 books. He has held Professorships and has given invited presentations around the globe as well as being an invited speaker in the National Academies Series, Distinctive Voices, at the Jonsson Center.