Neil Mann recently retired as Professor and head of Food Science & Human Nutrition in the School of Agriculture and Food Science, at the University of Melbourne. Having previously held the position of Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry and Head of Food and Nutrition Science at RMIT University for many years. He has over 35 years' experience in nutrition, food and agriculture, in both teaching and research, co-ordinating clinical trials in the areas of long-chain fatty acids, obesity, diabetes, hunter-gather diets and aspects of metabolic syndrome. Having a farming background he also specializes in the connection between agriculture, food production and nutrition.

Professor Mann has provided his diverse expertise to many roles within the Nutrition Society of Australia, being both a Fellow and Honorary Member. He also served as a Trustee of the Asia Pacific Region International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), and Scientific Director of the International Diabetes Institute - Food GI testing program. He was also a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford University, School of Anthropology over a three year period,, researching human diet history and co-authoring a scientific text on the subject (Evolving Human Nutrition: Implications for Public Health: Ulijaszek, Mann & Elton, CUP 2012). He has authored over 80 refereed research papers in high impact factor international nutrition and medical journals and presented at more than 100 national and international conferences, many as an invited speaker.

Professor Mann is currently the only Australian scientist on the Scientific Board of the Rome based World Farmers Organisation. He is also on the Science Advisory Board of the Mulloon Institute and Mulloon Natural Farms, based at Bungendore near Canberra, involved in projects on regenerative agriculture. He is now retired but serves as an honorary professor of Nutrition at Deakin University