Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 IFT Division Oral Competitions as well as winners of hackathon, infographic, and other competitions.
Aquatic Food Products Division Graduate Student Oral Competition
First: Xiran Li, University of California, Davis. “Factors Shaping Microbial Community Present on Fish and Fish Products”; Second: Stephan Bücker, University of Hohenheim, “Improving the colloidal stability of phycocyanin:pectin complexes by modifying the biopolymer mix…
IFT President Sean Leighton reflects on his year as president of IFT.
Panelists in a Business FIRST session point to changes in job-seeker and employee priorities.
Benefits matter. In fact, securing better benefits is the number two reason for a job change, second only to a salary increase, according to data from management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
IFT President Sean Leighton reflects on the importance of data literacy in science of food careers.
IFT’s 2024 research report reveals a slight decline in median salaries, an emerging emphasis on salary transparency, and evolving workplace demographics for U.S. science of food professionals.