Barrie Tan, Ph.D.

Tan, Barrie - Ph.D.

Barrie Tan, Ph.D.

Founder and President, American River Nutrition

Dr. Barrie Tan is hailed as a trailblazer and is the world’s foremost expert on vitamin E, credited with discovering tocotrienol in three major natural sources and geranylgeraniol, an essential nutrient with implications for sports and active nutrition. A scientist first and foremost, Dr. Tan earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry/Biochemistry from the University of Otago, New Zealand and spent several years as a professor at UMass. Today, his research focuses on lipid-soluble nutrients that reduce and slow chronic conditions.