IFT Announces 2021 Award Recipients
The IFT Achievement Awards recognize an individual or team for remarkable contributions in research, applications and service in the food science and technology industry.
CHICAGO – March 30, 2021
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2021 IFT Achievement Awards. This year’s honorees include 14 individuals for their outstanding contributions to advancing the science of food. Among them are two who are receiving IFT’s highest honors: The Lifetime Achievement Award in Honor of Nicolas Appert and the Include Award in Honor of George Washington Carver.
“On behalf of the entire IFT community, I want to thank this year’s honorees for their commitment to advancing the science of food,” said IFT President Noel Anderson, PhD, CFS. “The impact of their tremendous contributions will have a lasting impact on our profession for years to come.”
The 2021 award recipients are as follows:
Lifetime Achievement Award in Honor of Nicolas Appert
Eric Decker, PhD
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Include Award in Honor of George Washington Carver
Ruth Oniang’o, PhD
Rural Outreach Program-Africa and African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
Distinguished Career Award in Honor of Carl R. Fellers
Joe Regenstein, PhD
Cornell University
Distinguished Service Award in Honor of Calvert L. Willey
Leslie Herzog
The Understanding & Insight Group LLC
Excellence in Education Award in Honor of William V. Cruess
John Coupland, PhD, CFS
The Pennsylvania State University
Humanitarian Award for Service to the Science of Food in Honor of Elizabeth Fleming Stier
Robert Gravani, PhD, CFS
Cornell University
Outstanding Partnership Award in Honor of Myron Solberg
Aurora Saulo, PhD
Food Science Interests LLC
Public Health Award in Honor of Babcock-Hart
Jianping Wu, PhD
University of Alberta
Outstanding Young Scientist Award in Honor of Samuel Cate Prescott
Xiaonan Lu, PhD
McGill University
Achievements in Microbial Research for Food Safety Award in Honor of Gerhard J. Haas
Yaguang Luo, PhD
U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS, NEA, BARC, FQL, EMFSL
Food Packaging Award in Honor of Don Riester, Rees Davis, and Aaron Brody
Dong Sun Lee, PhD
Kyungnam University
Research and Development Award V.M. Balasubramaniam, PhD
The Ohio State University
Sensory & Consumer Sciences Achievement Award
John Hayes, PhD
The Pennsylvania State University
International Food Security Award in Honor of W.K. Kellogg and Bor S. Luh
Joseph Awika, PhD
Texas A&M University
To learn more about the 2021 IFT Achievement Award recipients, please visit https://www.ift.org/community/awards-and-recognition/achievement-awards
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