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==Professional Biography==

==Professional Biography==

 

Ivan Burger BSc PhD RNutr graduated in physiology and biochemistry from Southampton University in 1968. He obtained a PhD in biochemistry at the Leatherhead Food Research Association in 1972 on a collaborative basis with Surrey University. This work investigated the biochemistry of meat curing with particular emphasis on the role of the mitochondrial electron transport chain. Ivan joined the Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition (WCPN) in 1973 as Nutritional Biochemist and conducted work on certain aspects of cat nutrition including dry cat food and feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD); protein and amino acid requirements; and taurine. Following this he assumed responsibility for food safety while retaining an interest in the nutritional work. In 1980 he became a member of the Additives & Undesirable Substances Working Group of the European Pet Food Industry Trade Association (FEDIAF) and was chairperson of this committee from 1996 to 2008.   

Ivan Burger BSc PhD RNutr graduated in physiology and biochemistry from Southampton University in 1968. He obtained a PhD in biochemistry at the Leatherhead Food Research Association in 1972 on a collaborative basis with Surrey University. This work investigated the biochemistry of meat curing with particular emphasis on the role of the mitochondrial electron transport chain. Ivan joined the Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition (WCPN) in 1973 as Nutritional Biochemist and conducted work on certain aspects of cat nutrition including dry cat food and feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD); protein and amino acid requirements; and taurine. Following this he assumed responsibility for food safety while retaining an interest in the nutritional work. In 1980 he became a member of the Additives & Undesirable Substances Working Group of the European Pet Food Industry Trade Association (FEDIAF) and was chairperson of this committee from 1996 to 2008.