Brief Curriculum Vitae
Professor John E. Blundell

1. First degree - BSc Psychology (1st Class) - University of Leeds (1965)
2. Training in Neuroscience - Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, University of London (1965-1970)
3. PhD - Faculty of Science, University of London (1970)
4. 1989 - Reader in Biological Psychology, University of Leeds
5. Fellow of the British Psychological Society (FBPsS)
6. 1988 - Paper on Serotonin and Appetite (see above) identified as a Citation Classic by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)
7. 1980-81 - Johananoff International Fellowship for Advanced BioMedical Studies (Istituto di Richerche Farmacologiche `Mario Negri', Milano, Italy
8. 1986 - Visiting Professor - Centre for Nutrition and Food Science, McGill University, Montreal
9. 1992 - Rushton Lecturer in PsychoBiology, University of Florida
10. 1992 - 25th International Prize in Modern Nutrition (Bern, Switzerland)
11. 1994 - Personal Chair in PsychoBiology

12. Publications:

    Books - 3

    Chapters and Reviews - 110

    Scientific Communications - 380

13. Recent Plenary Lectures: The `Gino Bergami' Lecture (1994), Sir David Cuthbertson Lecture (1995), Dahlem Konferenzen on Body Weight (1995), Ciba Foundation Symposium on Origins of Obesity (1995). Expert report for the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) on Physical Activity, Obesity and Health.
14. Research Partners - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food (MAFF) (AGRO-Food LINK) and Industrial Consortium, Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Sports Council of the UK, industrial partners in the food and pharmaceutical sectors, Covance CRC.

15. Committees (numerous)

    Member of the Board of Governors, Institute of Food Research (IFR) - Director and Trustholder

    Scientific Advisory Committee

    7th International Congress on Obesity, Toronto, 1994

    8th International Congress on Obesity, Paris, 1998

    European Congress on Obesity, Milan, 1999

    Council Member - European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)

    BBSRC-ESRC FOOD LINK Project Management Committee - (Eating, Food and Health)

    Consultant - Functional Food Science in Europe (FUFOSE), EU and ILSI concerted action programme

16. Current position:

    Chair of PsychoBiology

    Director of the Human Appetite Research Unit, University of Leeds

    Director of the Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds