IFT members named IAFoST Fellows
The International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) has announced the 11th class of food scientists and technologists to be elected to the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST).
The International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) has announced the 11th class of food scientists and technologists to be elected to the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST). The 20 new Fellows will be inducted during the 19th World Congress of Food Science and Technology taking place October 23–27 in Mumbai, India. Nine members of the Institute of Food Technologists are among the IAFoST inductees. They are:
- Michele Perchonok – U.S.
- Geoffrey Smithers – Australia
- Susana Socolovsky – Argentina
- An-I Yeh – Taiwan
- Suk Hoo Yoon – Korea
- Guanghong Zhou – China
- Mukund Karwe – U.S.
- Margaret Patterson – UK
- Allan Paulson – Canada
Nominations for each new roster are made by IUFoST Adhering Bodies and IAFoST Fellows. Fellows elected to IAFoST are acknowledged by their peers as outstanding representatives of international food science and technology. The International Academy of Food Science collectively forms a pool of scientific expertise in food science and technology from which IUFoST draws non-aligned expert advice on scientific matters. Fellows serve as independent persons to work and promote high standards of ethics and scientific endeavors.