DISTINGUISHED ACCOLADES

Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and Royal Society of Chemistry in Cambridge, England

Massey University Research Medal, Distinguished Professor Award, medal for leading research team at Riddet Institute and Newtech Inventors Award

Bio Kyowa Award, from America, for outstanding contributions to amino acid technology

Muriel Bell Lecturer of the New Zealand Nutrition Society and JM Bell Distinguished Lecturer, from Canada

Alltech Medal of Excellence, from America, for contributions in the field of biotechnology Scientific Fellow of the Australia New Zealand Food Authority Honorary Research Fellow for New Zealand Dairy Research Institute and Honorary Fellow for Centre for Nutritional Modelling, University of Guelph, Canada

‘ ‘ A’’ Grade Scholar, Tertiary Education Commission, Performance Based Research Fund

C Alma Baker Travel Award and the Helen E Akers and Johannes August Anderson Scholar

New Zealand University ( UGC) Doctoral Scholar ( 1980- 1984)

Member of the Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO) of the United Nations and World Health Organisation

Scientific Advisory Board Member for Ralston Purina International

Chairman of the International Postgraduate Course on the Mathematical Modelling of Mammalian Growth in the Netherlands

Chairman of the International Modelling Group, Mammalian and Avian Computerised Growth Simulation, a joint venture between Massey and Guelph universities