Rate My Professor Andrew Sinclair

Professor Andrew Sinclair serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food at Monash University. He earned a Bachelor of Agricultural Science in 1965 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1969, both from the University of Melbourne. His research focuses on nutrition, lipids, nutritional biochemistry, omega-3 fatty acids, CMPF, and furan fatty acids. Sinclair has an extensive career in academia and research. He was Professor of Nutrition Science in the School of Medicine at Deakin University from 2010 to 2014 and Director of the Metabolic Research Unit there from 2008 to 2011. Previously, he held the position of Professor of Biochemistry and Food Science at RMIT University from 1992 to 2005, Senior Lecturer in Nutritional Biochemistry at RMIT from 1985 to 1988, Research Scientist at the Victorian Department of Agriculture from 1975 to 1985, Research Fellow at the Nuffield Institute of Comparative Medicine in London from 1970 to 1974, and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Western Ontario from 1969 to 1970. He is also Visiting Professor at South China University of Technology since 2015 and Guest Professor at Qingdao University since 2019.

Sinclair has received numerous accolades, including the Asia Pacific Clinical Nutrition Society Award in 2019, election as Fellow of ISSFAL in 2016, AOCS-Australasia Research Award in 2015, ISSFAL Alexander Leaf Lifetime Research Award in 2014, Honorary Fellow of the Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine in 2013, Fellow of the Nutrition Society of Australia in 2003, and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Food Science & Technology in 2001. His influential publications include 'Navigating my career in lipid research' (2025, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition), 'Dietary intake of different ratios of ARA/DHA in early stages and its impact on infant development' (2024, Food & Function), 'n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in phospholipid or triacylglycerol form attenuate nonalcoholic fatty liver disease via mediating cannabinoid receptor 1/adiponectin/ceramide pathway' (2024, Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry), 'Update on Fatty Acids and the Brain' (2024, Nutrients), and 'Demonstrating a link between diet, gut microbiota and brain: 14C radioactivity identified in the brain following gut microbial fermentation of 14C-radiolabeled tyrosine in a pig model' (2023, Frontiers in Nutrition). With 343 research outputs listed on Scopus, his work has advanced understanding in nutritional lipids and omega-3 fatty acids. Leadership roles encompass President of the Nutrition Society of Australia (2008-2009), Chair of the National Committee for Nutrition at the Australian Academy of Science (2011-2013), and Chair of the FAO/WHO Review Panel on risks and benefits of seafood consumption (2010).