Dr. Rotimi E. Aluko is a Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (Bioactive peptides) at the Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. He is also the Director of the Richardson Centre for Food Technology and Research. He obtained BSc (Hons) and MSc degrees in Biochemistry from Nigeria (University of Lagos and Ahmadu Bellow University, Zaria, respectively). Then he came to Canada and completed a Ph.D. in Food Science at the University of Guelph, Ontario. He started his independent research career as a Research Scientist with Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, from where he moved to the University of Manitoba in 2001 as an Assistant Professor in the then Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology. The main aim of his research work is to convert regular (or inert) food proteins into smart or active molecules called peptides that can correct or normalize metabolic deficiencies and positively impact human health.