Professor Catherine Stanton (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc.) is a Senior Principal Research Officer at Teagasc Moorepark Food Research Centre, a Research Professor at University College Cork (UCC), and a Principal Investigator at APC Microbiome Ireland. Her multidisciplinary research spans biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a primary focus on human nutrition and the microbiome. She is a leading global expert on the infant gut microbiota, probiotics, and fermented foods. Professor Stanton is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy