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is German and Europe’s leading nutrition scientist. He studied Chemistry at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, (BSc 1962) then Microbiology at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, (MSc 1964) and obtained his doctorate there in Biochemistry in 1967. From 1967-1969 Prof. Leitzmann worked at the University of California in Los Angeles with the later Nobel laureate Paul Boyer and from 1969-1971 was a lecturer at Mahidol University in Bangkok. Then until 1974 he was head of the laboratory at the Anaemia and Malnutrition Centre in Chiang Mai, Thailand. From 1974 Prof. Leitzmann worked at the Institute of Nutrition Science of Justus Liebig University in Gießen, where he qualified as a Lecturer in 1976 and in 1978 was appointed Professor of Nutrition in Developing Countries. From 1990-1995 Prof. Leitzmann was Director of the Institute of Nutrition Science. He retired in 1998.
His main research interests include international nutrition, nutrition in developing countries, wholefood diets, vegetarianism and nutrition ecology. Between 1965 and 2012 his research work resulted in the publication of 31 books and more than 700 international scientific papers. As an expert on nutrition, even at the age of 81 Prof. Leitzmann is much in demand internationally as a consultant on many scientific committees on vegetarian diets and other socially relevant matters in the field of nutrition by foundations and institutes dealing with nutrition and is also a frequent contributor to international media.
In September 2013 he was included in the International Union of Nutritional Sciences’ list of „Living Legends“. This honour is bestowed on people who have made a great contribution to nutrition science.

is university professor of family care medicine (outpatient general internal medicine) at the University of Zurich and director of the eponymous institute at the University Hospital Zurich. After completing his studies in dentistry and human medicine at the Ludwigs-Maximilian-University in Munich and graduating as «Dr.med.», he completed his PhD studies at the University of Nijmegen and habilitated at Heidelberg University Hospital in the field of chronic diseases. Since 2008 he is full professor at the University of Zurich. With over 500 scientific publications, he is one of the leading European researchers in his field. He is a member of numerous scientific commissions in Switzerland and initiator of the CHF 20 million national research program “Health Care”.

has studied Kinesiology and Physical education with the discipline of Exercise Science at the University of Maine, USA (BSc 2017). Has also studied a European Master in Health and Physical Activity at the University of Rome Foro Italico, Italy (MSc 2019), with a focus on combined cognitive and physical training and the effects on physical function in older adults. He is currently a PhD student studying the connection of diet type with physical activity, sport, and exercise at the University of Innsbruck, Department of Sports Science in Austria. His research interest in the connection of plant-based diet and physical performance has led him to become part of the NURMI team.

has a degree in engineering, having completed his course in Information Technology at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz in 1998. At the same time he became familiar with computer-centre procedures as an employee in the Tyrol Raiffeisen computer centre. Then he was a member of a university research team that from 1999-2001 developed WAP applications.
Since 1997 Christoph Lechleitner has worked as an Internet service provider and software developer and can look back on almost two decades’ experience of operating Internet servers and developing and providing Internet services. In 2010 Christoph Lechleitner obtained LPIC-1 certification (LPI-ID LPI000198919, verification code mz89j5tylx) and for many years he has also been a member of the OCG.
He designed software for the German HGV toll project, an automatic number-plate recognition system that since 2007 has enabled lorry-drivers to pay motorway tolls automatically. In addition he has developed several open-source programs and also contributed to well-known open-source projects (Squid, Debian-Kernel) developed by others.

has been studying Psychology at Trier University since 2015, having previously qualified in Sports Science at the German Sport University in Cologne, specializing in sport and performance.  His various coaching activities for youth soccer have given him experience in supporting young talents to achieve their optimum performances and he is interested in the effects of vegan nutrition on sporting performance.