Eric Dickinson
Professor
Food Colloids and Processing
University of Leeds
United Kingdom
Biography
Eric Dickinson is an Honorary Research Professor in the School with interests and expertise in the area of food colloids. He was educated in physical chemistry at the University of Sheffield. After postdoctoral posts in California, Leeds and Oxford, he joined the then Procter Department of Food Science as a Lecturer in 1977, and was promoted to Reader in 1988 and a Personal Chair in Food Colloids in 1992. He formally retired from his Personal Chair in 2008, and continues his research activities through publications, external lectures and editorial activities.
Research Interest
dairy colloids emulsions/gels/foams rheology adsorbed protein layers protein�polysaccharide interactions computer simulation