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Joshua Reid

Assistant Professor in Food Material Science, Faculty of Science

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Biography

I am interested in connecting the fundamental chemistry of food & beverage ingredients to their functional properties. Particularly, with understanding the role that physico-chemical aspects of foods alter through the digestion process and may impact on gut health.

Research Summary

Carbohydrates: Carbohydrates occur in nature in a wide range of shapes, sizes and compositions. Characterising the types of carbohydrates that are present in foods will lead to better development of… read more

Selected Publications

  • ALAA T ALHASANI, AMISHA A MODASIA, MOHAMED ANODIYIL, MAURA CORSETTI, ABDULSALAM I ALIYU, COLIN CROOKS, LUCA MARCIANI, JOSHUA REID, GLEB E YAKUBOV, MOIRA TAYLOR, AMANDA AVERY, HANNAH HARRIS, FREDERICK J WARREN and ROBIN C SPILLER, 2025. The Journal of Nutrition. 155(3), 839-848
  • REID, JOSHUA and SPILLER, ROBIN, 2024. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 60(8), 1122-1123
  • REID, JOSHUA E. S. J., YAKUBOV, GLEB E. and LAWRENCE, STEPHEN J., 2022. CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION.

Current Research

Carbohydrates: Carbohydrates occur in nature in a wide range of shapes, sizes and compositions. Characterising the types of carbohydrates that are present in foods will lead to better development of foods and beverages with increased carbohydrate diversity. I am driven towards understanding how carbohydrate structure can be associated with its functionality, from food production to digestion behaviour.

Solution chemistry: In solution, the interactions between molecular species are directly relatable to the macroscopic properties of the solution. By rationalising these molecular interactions, we can obtain key mechanistic insights of how solution properties change through solution composition.

Protic Ionic Liquids: Protic Ionic Liquids are a class of materials broadly classified as binary liquid mixtures of a Bronsted acid and base, creating a mixture of neutral and ionic species in equilibrium. These complex binary mixtures have great potential as solvents for difficult to dissolve solutes, such as cellulose. Understanding the solvation properties of protic ionic liquids in the context of these challenging solutes will result in better utilisation of these solvents.

  • MICHAEL-ALEX KAMLOW, JULIAN MARKS, JOSHUA E.S.J. REID, VLAD DINU, IAN D. FISK and GLEB E. YAKUBOV, 2026. Food Hydrocolloids. 172, 111996
  • AIDAN KIRKWOOD, IAN FISK, YINGJIAN XU, JOSHUA REID and NI YANG, 2025. Food Chemistry. 464, 141888
  • ALAA T ALHASANI, AMISHA A MODASIA, MOHAMED ANODIYIL, MAURA CORSETTI, ABDULSALAM I ALIYU, COLIN CROOKS, LUCA MARCIANI, JOSHUA REID, GLEB E YAKUBOV, MOIRA TAYLOR, AMANDA AVERY, HANNAH HARRIS, FREDERICK J WARREN and ROBIN C SPILLER, 2025. The Journal of Nutrition. 155(3), 839-848
  • VANIYAN, LATHIKA, BORAH, PALLAB KUMAR, PAVLOVSKAYA, GALINA E., TERRILL, NICK, REID, JOSHUA E. S. J., BOEHM, MICHAEL, PROCHASSON, PHILIPPE, NICHOLSON, REED A., BAIER, STEFAN and YAKUBOV, GLEB E., 2025. Soft Matter. 21, 3946-3956
  • AMISHA A. MODASIA, JOSHUA E. REID, ALAA ALHASANI, GLEB E. YAKUBOV, ROBIN C. SPILLER and FREDERICK J. WARREN, 2025. Gastroenterology. 169(1, Supplement), S-1097
  • JOSHUA E. REID, ALAA ALHASANI, CERYS DEAKIN, DANIEL AMOR, AMISHA A. MODASIA, NEELE DELLSCHAFT, CAROLINE L. HOAD, MAURA CORSETTI, PENNY A. GOWLAND, COLIN CROOKS, LUCA MARCIANI, GLEB E. YAKUBOV, FREDERICK J. WARREN and ROBIN C. SPILLER, 2025. Gastroenterology. 169(1, Supplement), S-1590
  • NEELE DELLSCHAFT, JOSHUA E. REID, ALAA ALHASANI, ABI SPICER, DANIEL AMOR, AMISHA A. MODASIA, FREDERICK J. WARREN, COLIN CROOKS, GLEB E. YAKUBOV, MAURA CORSETTI, LUCA MARCIANI, PENNY A. GOWLAND, CAROLINE L. HOAD and ROBIN C. SPILLER, 2025. Gastroenterology. 169(1, Supplement), S-280-S-281
  • REID, JOSHUA and SPILLER, ROBIN, 2024. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 60(8), 1122-1123
  • JOSHUA E. REID, ALAA ALHASANI, AMISHA A. MODASIA, HANNAH C. HARRIS, FREDERICK J. WARREN, CAROLINE L. HOAD, PENNY A. GOWLAND, GLEB E. YAKUBOV, COLIN CROOKS, MAURA CORSETTI, LUCA MARCIANI and ROBIN C. SPILLER, 2024. Gastroenterology. 166(5, Supplement), S-1372-S-1373
  • SUSAN FLAVIN, MARC MELTONVILLE, CHARLIE TAVERNER, JOSHUA REID, STEPHEN LAWRENCE, CARLOS BELLOCH-MOLINA and JOHN MORRISSEY, 2023. The Historical Journal.
  • REID, JOSHUA E. S. J., YAKUBOV, GLEB E. and LAWRENCE, STEPHEN J., 2022. CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION.
  • BERGA, LAURA, BRUCE, ISOBEL, NICOL, THOMAS W. J., HOLDING, ASHLEY J., ISOBE, NORIYUKI, SHIMIZU, SEISHI, WALKER, ADAM J. and REID, JOSHUA E. S. J., 2020. CELLULOSE. 27(16), 9593-9603
  • REID, JOSHUA E. S. J., SHIMIZU, SEISHI and WALKER, ADAM J., 2020. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS. 297,
  • REID, JOSHUA E. S. J., AQUINO, PEDRO H. G., WALKER, ADAM J., KARADAKOV, PETER B. and SHIMIZU, SEISHI, 2019. CHEMPHYSCHEM. 20(11), 1538-1544
  • REID, JOSHUA E. S. J., PRYDDERCH, HANNAH, SPULAK, MARCEL, SHIMIZU, SEISHI, WALKER, ADAM J. and GATHERGOOD, NICHOLAS, 2018. SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY. 7, 17-26
  • ABBOTT, ANDREW, ABE, HIROSHI, ALDOUS, LEIGH, ATKIN, ROB, BENDOVA, MAGDALENA, BUSATO, MATTEO, LOPES, JOSE NUNO CANONGIA, GOMES, MARGARIDA COSTA, CROSS, BENJAMIN, DIETZ, CARIN, EVERTS, JEFFREY, FIRESTONE, MILLICENT, GARDAS, RAMESH, GRAS, MATTHIEU, GREAVES, TAMAR, HALSTEAD, SIMON, HARDACRE, CHRISTOPHER, HARPER, JASON, HOLBREY, JOHN, JACQUEMIN, JOHAN, JESSOP, PHILIP, MACFARLANE, DOUG, MAIER, FLORIAN, MEDHI, HIMANI, MEZGER, MARKUS, PADUA, AILIO, PERKIN, SUSAN, REID, JOSHUA E. S. J., SAHA, SATYEN, SLATTERY, JOHN M., THOMAS, MORGAN L., TIWARI, SHRAEDDHA, TSUZUKI, SEIJI, URALCAN, BETUL, WATANABE, MASAYOSHI, WISHART, JAMES and YOUNGS, TRISTAN, 2018. FARADAY DISCUSSIONS. 206, 113-139
  • ADDICOAT, MATTHEW, ATKIN, ROB, LOPES, JOSE NUNO CANONGIA, GOMES, MARGARIDA COSTA, FIRESTONE, MILLICENT, GARDAS, RAMESH, HALSTEAD, SIMON, HARDACRE, CHRISTOPHER, HARDWICK, LAURENCE J., HOLBREY, JOHN, HUNT, PATRICIA, IVANISTSEV, VLADISLAV, JACQUEMIN, JOHAN, JONES, ROBERT, KIRCHNER, BARBARA, LYNDEN-BELL, RUTH, MACFARLANE, DOUG, MARLAIR, GUY, MEDHI, HIMANI, MEZGER, MARKUS, PADUA, AGILIO, PANTENBURG, ISABEL, PERKIN, SUSAN, REID, JOSHUA E. S. J., RUTLAND, MARK, SAHA, SATYEN, SHIMIZU, KARINA, SLATTERY, JOHN M., SWADZBA-KWASNY, MALGORZATA, TIWARI, SHRAEDDHA, TSUZUKI, SEIJI, URALCAN, BETUL, VAN DEN BRUINHORST, ADRIAAN, WATANABE, MASAYOSHI and WISHART, JAMES, 2018. FARADAY DISCUSSIONS. 206, 291-337
  • ABBOTT, ANDREW, ALDOUS, LEIGH, BORISENKO, NATALIA, COLES, SAMUEL, FONTAINE, OLIVIER, GARCIA, JORGE DANIEL GAMARRA, GARDAS, RAMESH, HAMMOND, OLIVER, HARDWICK, LAURENCE J., HAUMESSER, PAUL-HENRI, HAUSEN, FLORIAN, HORWOOD, CORIE, JACQUEMIN, JOHAN, JONES, ROBERT, JONSSON, ERLENDUR, LAHIRI, ABHISHEK, MACFARLANE, DOUG, MARLAIR, GUY, MAY, BENJAMIN, MEDHI, HIMANI, PASCHOAL, VITOR H., REID, JOSHUA E. S. J., SCHOETZ, THERESA, TAMURA, KAZUHISA, THOMAS, MORGAN L., TIWARI, SHRAEDDHA, URALCAN, BETUL, VAN DEN BRUINHORST, ADRIAAN, WATANABE, MASAYOSHI and WISHART, JAMES, 2018. FARADAY DISCUSSIONS. 206, 405-426
  • REID, JOSHUA E. S. J., BERNARDES, CARLOS E. S., AGAPITO, FILIPE, MARTINS, FILOMENA, SHIMIZU, SEISHI, MINAS DA PIEDADE, MANUEL E. and WALKER, ADAM J., 2017. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 19(41), 28133-28138
  • REID, JOSHUA E. S. J., AGAPITO, FILIPE, BERNARDES, CARLOS E. S., MARTINS, FILOMENA, WALKER, ADAM J., SHIMIZU, SEISHI and MINAS DA PIEDADE, MANUEL E., 2017. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 19(30), 19928-19936
  • KOBAYASHI, TAKESHI, REID, JOSHUA E. S. J., SHIMIZU, SEISHI, FYTA, MARIA and SMIATEK, JENS, 2017. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 19(29), 18924-18937
  • REID, JOSHUA E. S. J., GAMMONS, RICHARD J., SLATTERY, JOHN M., WALKER, ADAM J. and SHIMIZU, SEISHI, 2017. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B. 121(3), 599-609
  • REID, JOSHUA E. S. J., WALKER, ADAM J. and SHIMIZU, SEISHI, 2015. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. 17(22), 14710-14718
  • BREEDEN, S. W., CLARK, J. H., FARMER, T. J., MACQUARRIE, D. J., MEIMOUN, J. S., NONNE, Y. and REID, J. E. S. J., 2013. GREEN CHEMISTRY. 15(1), 72-75

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