Simon Kelly's Biography

Simon Kelly, Laboratory Manager, University of East Anglia

Dr Simon Kelly is a research laboratory manager in the Science Faculty at the University of East Anglia (UEA, Norwich). He gained his degree in Chemistry from Anglia Polytechnic in 1992 and completed his PhD in the School of Environmental Sciences at UEA in 2002, where he also holds an honorary lectureship. He has been actively involved in applying isotope ratio mass spectrometry to Food Authentication since 1992 and has previously held positions at the Institute of Food Research and The Food and Environment Research Agency. Simon is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal ‘Food Chemistry’ and has acted as a consultant to the joint Food and Agriculture Organisation/International Atomic Energy Association Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. He currently sits on Defra's Food Authenticity Methodology Working Group.