Behind the microscope: Avure’s food science team
Senior Vice President, HPP Science & Technology
Education: Ph.D. in Food Microbiology; Master of Food Science; Bachelor of Arts in Fisheries and Food Technology, University of Washington
Favorite lab test or process: A product that’s considered difficult for HPP, thus modifying process parameters and/or formulations to make it work.
HPP product always in my fridge: Hot pepper sauces
What makes a great food scientist: Creativity and integrity
Where I see HPP in the next 25 years: Pharmaceutical and medical applications, particularly in biochemistry: for vaccine development, new generation of materials for oncological and immunological applications, and functional foods.
Something most people don’t know about me: I’m from Guyana in South America.
Food Science Manager
Education: Ph.D. in Food Science & Technology from Oregon State University
Hobbies: Reading, motorcycling
Favorite lab test or process: In the lab it’s SDS-PAGE, but my favorite scientific activity is data analysis and visualization.
HPP product always in my fridge: Extras from whatever we’re testing in the Avure Food Lab.
What makes a great food scientist: Food Science is often unpredictable compared to other hard sciences, so I’d say resilience and an ability to embrace unexpected results.
Where I see HPP in the next 25 years: Besides finding new market segments we’ll have reached extreme levels of automation and incorporated other processing technologies into the HPP envelope.
Something most people don’t know about me: I have an agricultural background.
Senior Food Scientist
Education: Master of Food Science, University of Georgia
Hobbies: Fitness and healthy cooking
Favorite lab test or process: I especially like running protein (meat and seafood) products as they are my background.
HPP product always in my fridge: Guacamole and/or juice
What makes a great food scientist: An open mind is critical, and a willingness to tackle any task at hand to satisfy customer needs.
Where I see HPP in the next 25 years: HPP growing both with an increasing market share in current applications and also in new applications.
Food Technologist EMEA (Europe, the Middle East & Africa)
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Food Science, HAS University of Applied Sciences, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
Favorite lab test or process: Working with customers and treating their products. It feels great to see the surprises on their faces when they see firsthand all the benefits HPP gives their foods or beverages.
HPP product always in my fridge: Juice
What makes a great food scientist: Creative, hands-on, broad knowledge of the food industry, able to understand what the customer is looking for, and also critical because food safety comes first.
Where I see HPP in the next 25 years: The opportunities are huge in Europe because the meat and juice industries are just starting to discover the technology. Products old and new will benefit from HPP. In the next few years, clean label will continue to excel, and in 25 years other industries will use HPP, i.e. pharmaceutical.
Something most people don’t know about me: I enjoy a soccer game on the pitch with my teammates of FC Eindhoven. When I’m not playing, I’m cheering on the home team: PSV Eindhoven.