Before joining the HPL team in early 2013, Ana worked as a Nutritionist in the Nutrition and Medical Affairs team at GSK Consumer Healthcare. She has previous experience working as a lecturer assistant and researcher at the University of Navarre (Spain). Before specialising in sports nutrition she also worked as a dietitian in a clinical environment and as a sales agent for a leading food company. Ana is studying for her PhD with Nottingham Trent University.

• Visiting Professor, Imperial College, London (Institute for Global Health Innovation)
• Research scientist, Plant and Food, New Zealand
• Special Science Adviser, Tianyi Health Sciences Institute, Zhenjiang, China
• Past President and founder member: International Scientific Association for Probioticsand Prebiotics (ISAPP).

8 books, >450 research papers, >300 published abstracts, 10 patents, >19,000 career citations (h factor = 74), 69 PhD students (some co-supervised); 120 research contracts; >700 conference presentations

He currently researches acute and chronic gut disease, autism, obesity, novel prebiotics, human metabonomics. Specific projects on pro/prebiotics, gas production, gut microflora development with age, gastroenteritis and colonic homeostasis are being carried out. Human trials are a major facet of the research, with initial principles being tested in gut models.
He was responsible (with Professor M Roberfroid) for instigation of the prebiotic concept for gut microbiota management through diet.

Robert Fearn is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust where he is clinical lead for gastrointestinal physiology and nutrition. 
Having graduated in Medicine from Leeds University, he undertook his postgraduate training in London and Cambridge gaining experience in neurogastroenterology, advanced nutrition and intestinal failure. Dr. Fearn also has qualifications in sports medicine and has worked with elite athletes in a wide range of sports. He has been a Team Physician in professional and international football and was a Sports Medicine Doctor at the London 2012 Olympics. He has ongoing duties as a Medical Officer to equestrian sport and with the British Boxing Board of Control. 

His clinical and academic interests include the investigation and management of gastrointestinal distress in athletes, elite sport nutrition and the consequences of chronic undernutrition including metabolic bone health. Dr. Fearn treats athletes from both continuous and intermittent sports and continues to work to develop the evidence and knowledge base in this population.