Dr Brian J. B. Wood worked first (3 years) at the University of California at Davis, including an Austral Summer in the Antarctic, then for 6 years at Unilever’s Colworth House Research Centre, finally for 30 years at Strathclyde University. He has co-authored numerous scientific papers, reviews and chapters in books, etc, and edited or co-edited 6 books, including The Microbiology of Fermented Foods (two editions).