Professor EmeritusLes Copeland

BSc PhD Grad Dip AICD

Les Copeland is an agricultural chemist whose academic interests are at the interface between food science and agricultural production. He has published extensively on food starches, grain science, and plant biochemistry. Les is Editor-in-Chief of the journalsCereal Chemistry(Wiley) andAgriculture(MDPI). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales and a Member of the Order of Australia (for service to agricultural science). He is a former Dean of Agriculture, and was the Foundation President of the Australian Council of Deans of Agriculture. Les graduated as a BSc and PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Sydney and held research appointments at Yale University, the University of Buffalo and the University of California, Davis in the USA, and at the Australian National University. He is a Fulbright Alumnus and the recipient of an Excellence in Teaching Award from the American Association of Cereal Chemists-International. Les was awarded a Membership of the Order of Australia (AM) for “for significant service to agricultural science as an academic and researcher” in the Queen’s Birthday 2019 Honours.