Caryn Zinn is a Professor in the School of Sport and Recreation, Auckland University of Technology, and the Co-Director of the Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ). After graduating as a dietitian in Cape Town, South Africa, she relocated to New Zealand, where she worked as a Public Health Dietitian, before entering academia and undertaking her master's (2004) and Ph.D. qualifications (2012). Her research focus is on the application of whole-food carbohydrate-reduction nutrition therapy in relation to metabolic health and sports performance. She continues to be a practicing dietitian.