ABOUT OUR PRESENTERS:

Dr. Richard Murphy, Alltech Research Director 

Dr. Richard Murphy is the research director at the Alltech European Bioscience Centre in Dunboyne, Ireland. He received a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry in 1994 from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Subsequently, he received a research scholarship from Alltech and earned his doctorate in the Department of Biochemistry at the National University of Ireland, Galway in 1999.

Murphy maintains strong links with numerous universities and research institutions and has been appointed as an adjunct professor on the faculty of science and health studies at Dublin City University. He has also served as an external examiner for undergraduate degree programs and sits on the board of management of the National Institute for Cellular Biology at Dublin City University.

His current research activities are diverse and include peptide biomarker detection, molecular fingerprinting of microbial populations, antimicrobial resistance, biogas production and transcriptional control, and regulation of protein production.

Dr. Rebecca Delles, Alltech Research Scientist 

Rebecca Delles received her bachelor’s degree in medical technology at SUNY Fredonia in 2008, after completing an internship at Rochester General Hospital. She attended the University of Kentucky for her graduate work and received her Master of Science degree in food science in December 2010, and her doctoral degree in December 2013. Her doctoral research investigated the influence of dietary antioxidant supplementation and oil quality on the oxidative and enzymatic properties, and protein expression of broiler meat. She joined Alltech as a post-doctoral research scholar in December 2013. Currently, Rebecca works at Alltech as a research scientist in meat chemistry. Her research primarily focuses on the impact of nutritional strategies on oxidative stability in fresh meat products.