Organizing Committee Member
Marlena Kruger
Professor
Massey Institute of Food Science and Technology
newzealand
Biography
Professor Marlena Kruger is Professor of Nutritional Physiology and Associate Dean: Higher Degree Research for the College of Health at Massey University, New Zealand. Dr Kruger was appointed as Associate Professor in Physiology at the University of Pretoria in 1991 after spending time in Germany on a DAAD scholarship and as post-doctoral fellow at the University of Texas in Austin. Dr Kruger started work at Massey University in April 2000. She progressed to Associate Professor in 2002, Director of the Division of Human Nutrition and her current position as Chair in Nutritional Physiology in 2005 and progressed to Associate Dean in 2017. Professor Kruger has over 140 book chapters and publications in international peer reviewed journals. Her current research focus is nutrition and bone and joint health with an emphasis on lipids, dairy foods and polyphenols.
Research Area
food for maintaining bone and joint health and mobility.Director of Research, College of Health; Deputy Head of Institute. Member of the Doctoral Research Committee, College of Health Executive, and College of Health Board.