1. Faculty of Environment
  2. School of Food Science and Nutrition
  3. People
  4. Profile

Dr Nicholas Wilkinson

  • Position: Marie Curie Research Fellow
  • Areas of expertise: AI and robotics; Neonatal social interaction; Embodied and enactive cognition; Gastronomy; Food education
  • Email: N.Wilkinson1@leeds.ac.uk
  • Location: NEG Lab Food Science and Nutrition

Profile

  • I studied BSc Computer Science and AI, and MSc Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems, both at Uni. Sussex. I completed my PhD at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia/Uni. Genoa.
  • I'm a co-founder and trustee of Flavour School; a sensory food education programme for children.
  • I'm currently working on an impact assessment of Flavour School, and developing new methods and tech for behavioural observation.

Research interests

  • Food education and healthy eating in children (and adults).
  • Methodological innovation for behavioural observation in intervention assessment.
  • Neonatal social interaction.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • PhD Robotics, Cognition and Brain Technologies
  • MSc Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems
  • BSc Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence