Dr Brian Gibson obtained a first-class honours degree in Science from University College Dublin. He then went on to pursue a PhD at the same institution, where he studied plant–microbe interactions in the context of stress and bioremediation. After receiving his doctorate in 2004, he undertook post-doctoral research in the UK in the Food Science Departments at Oxford Brookes University and the University of Nottingham. This work ultimately led to an offer from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, where he spent 11 years as a Senior/Principal Scientist managing research projects related to malting, brewing, fermentation, beer quality, and microbiology. Alongside brewing research, he worked with a wide range of fermented foods and beverages, including bread, wine, and cider. His work at VTT employed diverse methodologies such as genome analysis, microbial ecology, process technology, and chemical analytics. In 2020, Dr Gibson was employed by TU Berlin as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Brewing and Beverage Technology within the Institute for Food Technology and Food Chemistry. He taught a range of courses at TU Berlin and has played a key role in updating degree programmes and modernising the department’s approach to teaching. Together with his colleagues, he delivered courses covering the entire beer brewing process as well as the production of various other fermented beverages. In January 2026, Dr Gibson accepted a position at TU Dublin in the School of Food Science and Environmental Health, where he is involved in teaching a number of modules related to brewing, fermentation and microbiology. In addition to his teaching responsibilities at TU Dublin, he currently serves as an external examiner for brewing degree programmes at two other universities. He is also a member of the board of the American Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC) and is Chair of the ASBC technical committee. He is a member of the editorial board of a number of publications including Yeast, the Journal of the ASBC, and the Journal of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling. He additionally holds an adjunct professor position at the University of Helsinki, Finland.