Charles Brennan
{{Short description|Food science professor}}
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| name = Charles Brennan
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| caption = Brennan in 2013
| birth_date = July 1967
| birth_name = Charles Stephen Brennan
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| occupation = Food scientist
| spouse = Margaret Brennan
| children = 4
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Charles Stephen Brennan is a professor of food science at RMIT University where he is the dean of the School of Science.{{cite web|url=https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/b/brennan-professor-charles |title=Staff Profile: Professor Charles Brennan
|publisher=RMIT University
|accessdate=9 September 2021}} He previously worked at Lincoln University as a member of the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences.{{cite web
|url=http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/staff-profile?staffid=charles.brennan
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021134631/http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/staff-profile?staffid=charles.brennan
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=October 21, 2012
|title=Staff Profile: Charles Brennan
|publisher=Lincoln University
|accessdate=18 September 2012
}}
Brennan's research interests lie in the interface between food science and human nutrition with a particular interest in how bio-active ingredients and processing manipulate the nutritional quality of foods, in particular, the role of plant dietary fibre in manipulating the glycaemic response.{{cite web |url=https://www.riddet.ac.nz/people/prof-charles-brennan/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926234111/https://www.riddet.ac.nz/people/prof-charles-brennan/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 26, 2020 |title=Prof. Charles Brennan |accessdate=9 September 2021 }}
Brennan is a graduate of London University, Wye College (BSc in applied plant science) and King's College London (PhD in food science and nutrition). During his career, he has also worked at Durham University, Plymouth University, Massey University, and Manchester Metropolitan University.{{cite web |url=https://au.linkedin.com/in/charles-brennan-13094118 |title=Charles Brennan
|accessdate=9 September 2021}}
He currently serves as editor-in-chief for the journal International Journal of Molecular Sciences,
{{cite web
|url=http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/editors
|title=IJMS Editors
|accessdate=18 September 2012
}} and the International Journal of Food Science & Technology
{{cite web |url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291365-2621/homepage/EditorialBoard.html
|title=Editorial Board
|work=International Journal of Food Science & Technology
|publisher=Wiley Online Library
|accessdate=18 September 2012
|doi=10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2621
}} and on the editorial board of the Journal of Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre.{{cite web |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/bioactive-carbohydrates-and-dietary-fibre/about/editorial-board |title=Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre |accessdate=9 September 2021}}
Honours and awards
In 2015 Brennan was elected a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology.{{Cite web |title=NZIFST – List of Fellows |url=https://nzifst.org.nz/page-18126 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=nzifst.org.nz}}
In 2020 he was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the UK Institute of Food Science and Technology, in recognition of "an extensive personal contribution to the working and progress of the Institute and to the food science and technology profession".{{Cite web |date=2021-10-29 |title=IFST bestows Honorary Fellowship to Prof Charles Brennan |url=https://www.ifst.org/news/ifst-bestows-honorary-fellowship-prof-charles-brennan |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Institute of Food Science and Technology |language=en}}
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