Winners and Nominees of the Nils Foss Excellence Prize

Roy Goodacre is awarded the Nils Foss Excellence Prize
Roy Goodacre works with analytical methods to improve applications to food security. Through his chemical research and work in de fields of large-scale metabolomics, the professor at University of Liverpool has developed several methods to protect the integrity in our food supply chains and he has recently been part of a highly successful interlaboratory trial for quantitative SERS. One of Goodacre’s main focuses is increasing international standards in the analytical research fields through knowledge sharing, as well as strengthening the scientific community.

Mario Martinez-Martinez is awarded the Nils Foss Talent Prize
Mario Martinez-Martinez receives the Nils Foss Talent Prize for his work in building analytical methods in the fields of foodomics and biophysics, with the goal to understand how nanostructures can affect the performance of food as nutrients. He combines his multidisciplinary background in engineering and food and during his position as assistant professor, Martinez has obtained 15 million DKK from both private and public funding bodies to support his work.

David Julian McClements is awarded the Nils Foss Excellence Prize
Professor at University of Massachusetts, David Julian McClements, has made significant contributions in food science for many years, he has revolutionized how we think about the food supply and has served as a paradigm for many other researchers in the field. The distinguished professor’s research helps to enhance what we eat through nanotechnology, improving the physico-chemical, sensory, physiological properties and nutritional profile in produces. The result is functional foods designed from the bottom up, to enhance their quality, nutrition, safety and sustainability.

Qian Janice Wang is awarded the Nils Foss Talent Prize
The Nils Foss Talent Prize goes to assistant professor at Aarhus University, Qian Janice Wang, for her investigations into the flavor perception of what we eat and how it is affected by our senses, especially sounds. With this intriguing work, Wang aims to understand the brain flavor system and how what we hear influences how and what we taste.

Robert David Hall is awarded the Nils Foss Excellence Prize
Robert David Hall is Professor of Plant Metabolomics at Wageningen University & Research. Robert David Hall is a pioneer in developing and establishing metabolomics technologies to study the metabolic profiles of plants, with a particular emphasis on crop species. The aim of the research is to provide us with a better understanding of the biochemical composition of plant and food materials and to design new strategies for the development of improved food products of a higher quality.  

Klavs Martin Sørensen is awarded the Nils Foss Talent Prize
Klavs Martin Sørensen is Associate Professor at the department of food science, chemometrics and analytical technology at the University of Copenhagen. Klavs Martin Sørensen specialises in on-line analysis and analysis automation, and holds a PhD in process analytical technology and on-line spectroscopic measurements of chemical meat quality. Klavs possesses extensive knowledge of applied solutions, and brings with him a talent for innovative thinking, which has already lead to significant advances in the industry.