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BON Conference Committee Chair, Principal Investigator, NRCI ,Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland BON Conference Committee Chair, Principal Investigator, NRCI ,Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland Professor John Nolan is the Principal Investigator of the Macular Pigment Research Group (MPRG) in the Nutrition Research Centre Ireland (www.nrci.ie). His research group studies the role of eye nutrition for vision and prevention of blindness, and current studies are investigating the link between nutrition and brain health and function. He has presented at over 100 international scientific conferences and has published over 76 peer-reviewed scientific papers on his area of research (2297 = citations, H index = 30). He is the editor of a CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group book publication entitled “Carotenoids and Retinal Disease.” He also has editorial roles at the European Journal of Ophthalmology and the Journal of Alzheimer’s disease. Professor Nolan is also Chair of the International Macular Carotenoids Conference, which is held at Downing College, Cambridge University, UK.,and is also Chair of the ARVO Macula and Nutrition BON Conference Committee 2018; School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom BON Conference Committee 2018; School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom ​Since retiring from the University of Liverpool, George Britton continues to be active in the carotenoid field, advising on research projects and training programmes around the world, and writing. After obtaining his B.Sc. and Ph.D.in chemistry at Sheffield University, he ventured into the carotenoid field as a post-doc with T. W. Goodwin, became addicted to carotenoids, and pursued research on them at the University of Liverpool, Department of Biochemistry (later the School of Biological Sciences), publishing numerous papers and reviews. He is as President of the International Carotenoid Society from its inauguration in 1996 until 2002. He organised the International