Organizing Committee
Doron Yehoshua Ashkenazi
israel
Name : Doron Yehoshua Ashkenazi
University : National Institute of Oceanography
Country : israel
Marina Ramos
Spain
Name : Marina Ramos
University : University of Alicante
Country : Spain
Biography:
Marina Ramos holds a degree in Chemistry from the University of Alicante in 2008 and a PhD in Chemistry from the same university in 2016. She currently holds a position as a doctoral assistant at the the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology of the UA. His research interests are chemical and physical characterization of (bio)polymers, extraction of natural additives from agricultural residues, antioxidant, antimicrobial and degradation studies, chemistry and new design systems for encapsulation and nanocomposites, as well as development and validation of new analytical methods. She has participated in numerous projects (including four within the H-2020 of the European Commission) and relevant contracts with companies and administrations.
Agusti J Romero
Spain
Name : Agusti J Romero
University : Institute of Agriculture and Food Research and Technology
Country : Spain
Biohraphy:
Agustí J. ROMERO (PhD in Food Technology) is the leader of the IRTA’s Olive & Oil research team. Since 2000 he is involved in mill technology improvement programs, supported by Catalan Government. Currently, he participates in two EU projects (SUSTAINOLIVE and NOVATERRA) about circular economy and pesticide reduction. With more than 100 SCI papers, co-author of several books and one patent about plant material. Expert assistant of IOC for olive germplasm banks and the United States Pharmacopea (USP) regarding olive oil quality. Lecturer of several master courses. Member and coach of the official olive oil tasting panel of Catalonia. He has designed special training strategies for many tasting panels (Argentina, Australia, Chile, China, Germany, Japan, Morocco, Spain, Turkey and USA). Jury of several international olive oil competitions (Argentina, Australia, Berlin, London, Los Angeles, New Zealand, Shanghai and Tokyo)
Marlene Schou Gronbeck
Denmark
Name : Marlene Schou Gronbeck
University : Danish Technological Institute
Country : Denmark
Biography:
Marlene Schou Grønbeck has a master’s degree in food science from the University of Copenhagen (2014) specializing in Sensory Science in collaboration with Wageningen University and University of California Davis.
Since 2020 has she been working at Danish Technological Institute as the manager and senior scientist in the sensory laboratory, where she facilitates the sensory studies especially studies involving the trained sensory panel.
She is coauthor on the encyclopedia “Sensory assessment of meat” and responsible for the sensory evaluations in EU project mEATquality.