David is a leading expert in nutritional ecology: the discipline that studies how nutrition-related aspects of an animal?s environment interact with its biology to determine health and fitness outcomes. His approach is comparative, using ecological and evolutionary diversity to understand these interactions. His studies of insects, fish, birds and a variety of mammals have helped develop a new approach to human nutrition-related problems, such as the dietary causes of obesity.
Location:
Australia
Profile:
Academic / scientific
Occupation:
Professor