Mel Holmes

Associate Professor of Food Processing

Dr Mel Holmes is Associate Professor of Food Processing at the University of Leeds, where he also served formerly as Director of Student Education. With more than 25 years of combined academic and industrial experience, and a background in applied mathematics, he specialises in modelling complex food systems and developing statistical approaches for real-world data. His research spans deterministic and stochastic modelling, including differential equation-based analysis of heat transfer, thermoacoustics and microwave processing. Dr Holmes also works extensively on probabilistic dietary assessments using national datasets, and on ultrasound characterisation of emulsions and bulk fluids, integrating analytical, numerical and experimental methods.