Frank Monahan's Biography

Frank Monahan, Associate Professor, University College Dublin

Frank Monahan holds a B.Sc (Biochemistry) and Higher Diploma in Education from University College Dublin and a PhD (Food Science and Technology) from University College Cork. Prior to joining UCD he was a postdoctoral scientist at the University of California, Davis and a visiting scholar at Michigan State University. He is currently head of Food Science and Nutrition in the School of Agriculture and Food Science at UCD and a principal investigator in the UCD Institute of Food and Health. His research interests are in meat authentication, muscle fatty acids and antioxidants, and in animal dietary factors affecting lipid and myoglobin oxidation in muscle foods. He has over 130 published peer reviewed papers and book chapters.