Professor John Mathers BSc, Dip. RNutr, PhD, FAfN is Professor of Human Nutrition and Director of the Human Nutrition Research Centre in the Institute of Cellular Medicine at Newcastle University, UK.

He undertook his undergraduate studies at Newcastle University and PhD training in Nutrition at Cambridge University, carrying out post-doctoral research in Cambridge and in Edinburgh Universities before being appointed to Newcastle University.

He was a founding member of European Nutrigenomics Organisation (NuGO) and his research includes use of genomic and epigenomics tools to understand the mechanisms though which nutrition influences cell function and, ultimately, health.