Benjamin Wall obtained his BSc from the University of Birmingham and his PhD from the University of Nottingham Medical School, where his thesis addressed the integration of fat and carbohydrate metabolism during exercise. Thereafter, Benjamin worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Maastricht University Medical Centre in the Netherlands where he studied the nutritional regulation of muscle mass in health and disease before taking up a faculty position at the University of Exeter, UK, in 2013. Benjamin is now Professor of Nutritional Physiology at the University of Exeter, where his research interests concern how nutrition and physical (in)activity influence muscle mass, metabolic health and performance in a variety of populations. Benjamin’s current research projects are focussed on how inactivity and ageing alter the capacity of muscle tissue to utilise nutrients, and how this can inform on optimising nutritional requirements for injured athletes, hospitalised patients and in support of healthy ageing. A particular interest is placed on developing an evidence base around novel and sustainable dietary protein sources in various populations.
