Glen Fox

Prof. Glen Fox worked for the Queensland Department of Agriculture from 1986 to 2010. After completing his PhD in 2008, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Stellenbosch University in South Africa during 2008 and 2009. In 2010, he was appointed to the Senior Fellow at the University of Queensland (a global top 5 university in agriculture).

In 2019, he was appointed the Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Brewing Science at the University of California, Davis being only the 3rd Professor in the program since started in1958.

Some of his current research focuses on starch and protein structure and their impact on grain, malt and beer quality and how a range of ‘omics technologies can provide a deeper understanding of quality.

In 2018, he was Elected a Fellow of the Institute of Brewing, the oldest professional brewing society which started in 1886.

In 2022, he received the Outstanding Service Award from the UC Davis Continued Professional Education program.

Professor Fox has adjunct positions at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, the University of Queensland, Australia and Nara Institute of Science & Technology, Japan.  

Professor Fox has published one book, with one edited book, 16 book chapters and over 120 peer-reviewed journal articles. He has been on numerous industry webinars and podcasts.

He is on the ASBC editorial board of JASBC, the ASBC malt sub-committee, ASBC Planning Committee, the MBAA podcast committee, the editorial board of the MBAA Technical Quarterly journal and the Institute of Brewing and Distilling International committee.