Prof Williamson recently held a prestigious 5-year European Research Council Advanced Grant, “What is the mechanism of the true chronic effect of dietary polyphenols?”, the only one awarded in food and nutrition. He was also the recipient of research funding from BBSRC (UK research council), EU Framework projects, industry, government agencies and Marie Curie international fellowships. Prof Williamson was included, for example, in the list of “The world’s most influential scientific minds” published by Thomson Reuters in 2015, in the “Highly Cited Researchers (h-index>100) according to their Google Scholar Citations public profiles” (October 2018). He has presented at more than 200 research seminars at international scientific conferences and research centres, and has supervised 45 PhD students, many of whom now hold senior positions. He has been involved in over 30 human intervention studies.