Peter R. Shewry leads research at Rothamsted Research on the development, structure, and composition of wheat grain. He is the author of over 500 refereed papers, has edited or co-edited 19 books (including the fourth edition of Wheat: Chemistry and Technology), and co-authored the book Wheat: Environment, Food and Health (2021). In 2000 he was awarded the Thomas Burr Osborne Medal by the AACC (now Cereals & Grains Association), in 2002 was the joint recipient of the Rank Prize for Nutrition, and in 2016 was awarded the Clyde H. Bailey Medal by the ICC.