Dr. Freddy Troost

Biography

Freddy Troost is an Associate Professor in the field of Food Innovation and Health at Maastricht University, specifically at the Centre for Healthy Eating Food Innovation located on the Venlo campus. He is also the Coordinator of the Master of Science program in Health Food Innovation Management. His areas of expertise include nutrition, physiology, food digestion and bioavailability, gastroenterology, prebiotics, probiotics, transcriptomics, and the gastrointestinal modulation of satiety and obesity research. Troost has an extensive academic background with a doctoral degree and has published works on metabolism and human physiology. His qualifications also include a University Teaching Qualification, being a Licensed Good Clinical Practice professional, and a registered Nutritional Scientist with the Dutch Academy of Nutritional Sciences, as well as a registered medical physiologist with the Dutch Association for Medical Physiology. Over his career, he has held positions such as a PhD student and postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Human Biology within NUTRIM at Maastricht University, and has also served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine specializing in Gastroenterology-Hepatology. He co-founded the Master of Science program in Health Food Innovation Management in 2009 and has been a dynamic force in research, effectively leading projects that connect food innovation to health outcomes.

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