Researcher

Christiani Jeyakumar Henry
Deputy Executive Director
Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI)Christiani Jeyakumar Henry is the Deputy Executive Director at A*STAR’s Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI) and Director of A*STAR’s Clinical Nutrition Research Centre (CNRC). He obtained a PhD degree in nutrition from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Henry’s research focuses on translating nutrition research into food applications. In 2010, he was awarded the British Nutrition Foundation Prize for his outstanding contributions to nutrition, and in 2019, he was awarded the Kellogg’s International award for food research that led to a global impact.
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