Dr Elsayed Abdelaal
Senior Research Scientist, AAFC
Dr. Elsayed Abdelaal (E-S. M. Abdel-Aal) has been a senior research scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) since 1999. He was the formal Associate Director RDT for the Guelph RD Centre at AAFC (2016-2018). He is a well-known expert in the area of grain chemistry and nutrition in which he has made significant contributions. He was awarded AACCI Fellow in 2017 and is the former chair of the Bioactive Compounds Technical Committee (2008-2016) and vice-chair of the Nutrition Division (2014-2016) at AACCI. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto and University of Guelph. He is the co-editor of the bestselling book entitled 'Specialty Grains for Food and Feed" published by the AACCI.