Food Chemistry & Nutrition

Dr. Martin JT Reaney is a professor of the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at the University of Saskatchewan, and is also the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture (SMA) Chair of Lipid Quality and Utilization. The SMA chair is mandated to develop new technology for oilseed processing and producing commercial bioproducts with enhanced value. The commercial activity resulting from this research is intended to generate wealth for the Canadian agriculture sector. Professor Reaney's research interest involves exploring orbitides compounds including a range of natural health products, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics, and developing technology to bring these compounds to the market for a broad range of applications. He works with industry and has worked with Agriculture and Agri‐Food Canada. He has published over 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has presented over 270 papers at conferences. 28 US and 7 world patents have been granted as a result of his research and several of these have been commercialized. Both the US and Canada have honored him several times with Innovation Awards. He recently formed Prairie Tide Chemicals Inc. to commercialize several recent discoveries of an abundant source of flax compounds.