David Julian McClements is a British food scientist who is a distinguished professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Food Science. He is an elected fellow of the

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American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 155,000 members at all ...

, and

Institute of Food Technologists The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) is an international, non-profit scientific society of professionals engaged in food science, food technology, and related areas in academia, government and industry. It has more than 17,000 members from ...

, as well as the

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of the ''

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''.

Early life and education

David Julian McClements was born in northern England. He graduated from the

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with a bachelor's degree in 1985 and a PhD in

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in 1989. Following his PhD, he had postdoctoral research appointments at the University of Leeds,

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University ...

, and

University College Cork University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) () is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork (city), Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen's Universit ...

Career

David J. McClements was hired as an assistant professor at the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...

in 1994. He was promoted to associate professor in 2000 and full professor in 2005. From 2014 to 2016 he was an adjunct professor at

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in Saudi Arabia; he became a visiting professor at

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in 2016 and an adjunct at

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in 2019. He was named a distinguished professor at UMass Amherst in 2016 in its Department of Food Science. McClements researches the structure of

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s, the functionality of

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s, use of nanotechnology in foods, and the bioactivity of

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s. One of his areas of research is the development of textured non-meat products with a similar taste and texture to real meat. McClements became a co-editor of the ''

'' with Michael P. Doyle as of 2019. As of April 2021, he became the sole

of the ''Annual Review of Food Science and Technology''. He is the most cited author in numerous journals in the field of food science: ''

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry The ''Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry'' is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1953 by the American Chemical Society. Since 2015, Thomas Hofmann (Technical University of Munich) has been the editor-in-chief. The jo ...

'', ''

Food Chemistry Food chemistry is the study of chemical processes and interactions of all biological and non-biological components of foods. The biological substances include such items as meat, poultry, lettuce, beer, milk as examples. It is similar to biochemi ...

'', ''

Journal of Food Science The ''Journal of Food Science'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1936 and is published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the Institute of Food Technologists in Chicago, Illinois. From 1996 to 2005, it was ranked eighth ...

'', ''Food Research International'', ''Food Hydrocolloids'', ''Food & Function'', ''

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition ''Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition'' is a food science journal published monthly by Taylor & Francis. It was originally established in 1970 as ''Critical Reviews in Food Technology'', but changed to its current name in 1975. The edito ...

'', ''Food Biophysics'', ''

''.

Awards and honours

In 2014 he was elected as a fellow of the

. He was elected as a fellow to both the

and

in 2015. In 2019 he received the

Nicolas Appert Award The Nicolas Appert Award is awarded by the Chicago Section of the Institute of Food Technologists for preeminence in and contributions to the field of food technology. The award has been given annually since 1942 and is named after Nicolas Appert, ...

from the Institute of Food Technologists.

Personal life

He is married to Jayne Farrell and they have one daughter, Izzy.

References

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