Seamus is an associate professor and course director in food process engineering at the University of Nottingham, with over 35 years of experience across global food manufacturing, engineering, and academia.

His work applies systems thinking to food, integrating engineering, biology, and economics to understand how modern food systems shape human health and environmental outcomes. He is the author of Food and Us: The Incredible Story of How Food Shapes Humanity, exploring the relationship between food systems, human development, and industrialised food environments.

He contributes to advanced master’s programmes and engages industry and policymakers in food system transformation.

His work focuses on one central challenge: redesigning food systems to align with the biology they are meant to sustain. He is also an associate professor in food policy and foresight at the Food Systems Institute, University of Nottingham. An Associate Fellow of IChemE, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.