Professor Colin Hill

Professor Colin Hill, Professor of Microbial Food Safety, University College Cork, Ireland Professor Colin Hill has a Ph.D in molecular microbiology and is Professor in the School of Microbiology at University College Cork, Ireland. He has published more than 480 peer-reviewed papers and holds 15 patents in this area. Professor Hill was been awarded a D.Sc by the National University of Ireland in recognition of his contributions to research, elected to the Royal Irish Academy (the highest honour for an Irish academic), elected to the American Academy of Microbiology, and together with his colleagues was awarded the Metchnikoff Prize in Microbiology. And most recently he has served as President of ISAPP (International Scientific Association for Prebiotics and Probiotics).