Chris Blanchard

Professor Christopher Blanchard

Food Science

Dentistry and Medical Sciences

Biography

Research undertaken by Prof. Blanchard has largely focused on projects related to grain quality and practice change. Some of the projects he has led have included the ARC ITTC for Functional Grains, ($2.1m) GRDC Sorghum Quality Project ($1.5m), Agrifutures Rice Digestibility Project ($350K), ACIAR Pulse production in Pakistan ($2.3m) and the Food Agility CRC Rice Quality Prediction Project ($650k). Prof Blanchard received a Vice Chancellor’s award for Research Excellence in 2023.

Research
  • Grain quality
  • Improving grain value
Publications
Full publications list on CRO

Recent Publications

  • Collins, A., Santhakumar, A., Latif, S., Chinkwo, K., Francis, N., & Blanchard, C. (2024). Impact of Processing on the phenolic content and antioxidant activity of sorghum bicolor L. Moench. Molecules, 29(15), 1-22. Article 3626. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29153626
  • Mazumder, K., Aktar, A., Kerr, P. G., Dash, R., Blanchard, C. L., Gulzarul Aziz, M., & Farahnaky, A. (2024). Insights into seed coats of nine cultivars of Australian lupin: Unravelling LC-QTOF MS-based biochemical profiles, nutritional, functional, antioxidant, and antidiabetic properties together with rationalizing antidiabetic mechanism by in silico approaches. Food Research International, 195, Article 114970. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114970
  • Cork, S. D., Blanchard, C. L., Mawson, A. J., & Farahnaky, A. (2025). Desi chickpea flaking: Impact of processing parameters on flake quality. Journal of Food Engineering, 386, Article 112256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2024.112256
  • Shah, U., Bhattarai, R., Al-Salami, H., Blanchard, C., & Johnson, S. K. (2024). Advances in extraction, structure, and physiochemical properties of sorghum kafirin for biomaterial applications: A review. Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 15(7), 1-23. Article 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb15070172
  • Collins, A., Santhakumar, A. B., Francis, N., Blanchard, C., & Chinkwo, K. (2024). Impact of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) phenolic compounds on cancer development pathways. Food Bioscience, 59, 104177. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbio.2024.104177