Scientific Advisory Board

Chairman of the EUFIC Scientific Advisory Board, Adjunct Professor, Institute of Food and Health, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, School of Veterinary Medicine Science Centre, University College Dublin.

Professor in Food Science and Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Food Science, Toxicology and Legal Medicine, University of Sevilla, Spain. Former Chief Executive Officer of the Spanish Food Safety and Nutrition Agency (Agencia Española de Seguridad Alime

Dr. Hugo de Vries is Research Director at INRAE, Science Directorate Food and Bioeconomy, and President of the European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST)

Alexander Gerber is Full Professor and Programme Chair of Science Communication at Germany’s international Rhine-Waal University, and Research Director at the extramural Institute for Science and Innovation Communication (inscico).

Dr Keren Dalyot is a Weizmann Institute of Science Senior Research Associate and the EIT Food Youth Mission Implementation Leader.

Prof. Dr. Tamara Bucher is the Head of Research & Development in Nutrition and Dietetics at the Bern University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland.

Director General of The National R&D Institute for Food Bioresources, IBA, is food senior scientist, PhD. She is associate professor to the Faculty of Biotechnology within University of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest

Former Team Leader, food waste prevention, at European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate General (retired February 2024). Previously  served as Director of Communications, EFSA (2003-2013), following 15 years with Kellogg Company in the field of nutrition communications and scientific affairs.