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Dr. Reed is the Associate Director of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, which is a non-profit research institute with scientists that use a multidisciplinary approach to study taste and smell. ​ She has a ​Bachelor of Science ​degree from the ​University of Washington ​and a Ph.D. from ​Yale University. She trained as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. Scientists in her laboratory study how genotype account for personal differences in taste perception.​ Currently, she is on the leadership committee for the Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research which is studying the effects of COVID-19 on taste and smell. ​

Homepage: http://www.monell.org/faculty/people/danielle_reed

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-reed-457a538/

Twitter: @DanielleRReed

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Darla Hall, Founding Partner of Research Vibe, guides cross-functional teams to deliver strategic solutions that transform consumer insights into innovative products and brands. Darla has lived and played in the world of product and market research for three decades, providing services to CPG, non-profits, entertainment and healthcare industries. As a Sensory Scientist and Certified Food Scientist, she brings a unique research perspective to CPG client teams. With a deep understanding of food systems and processes, she balances technical challenges with delivering a desired product and sensory experience. She is passionate about taking cross-functional teams on a journey inside the hearts and minds of consumers, discovering the emotional connection to products and illuminating solutions that improve consumer quality of life.

Website: www.researchvibe.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darlahall1/

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Dr. Jacob Lahne is an assistant professor of food science at Virginia Tech Jake brings an interdisciplinary background to sensory science. Besides his extensive work experience in the culinary field: he has worked as a farmhand, as a line cook in fine dining, and as a cheesemonger at Cowgirl Creamery. He is broadly interested in adapting new tools into sensory-science and has had success adopting diverse approaches to understanding sensory perceptions, from qualitative research to complex-systems and data-science. Jake collaborates widely with researchers from outside sensory science, with current collaborations in computer science, agricultural economics, public-health nutrition, and science & technology studies.

University Page: https://www.fst.vt.edu/aboutus/faculty/jlahne.html

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Kyle McNamara is the President & CEO at Graphable. He has 25+ years in the software industry as a full-stack web-application developer and architect, as well as in enterprise analytics, software sales and technical pre-sales. Working in venture capital-funded startups to Fortune 50 technology companies, he has created and led teams of all sizes. Recently he managed the IBM Financial Services Cloud/Analytics Architect team, followed by launching Graphable.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylemcna-analytics/

Company Page: https://www.graphable.ai/

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Dr. Cordelia Running, a chemist and a psychophysicist, uses flavors and sensations to understand human behavior and improve human nutrition. As an assistant professor of Nutrition Science at Purdue University, Dr. Running studies Saliva, Perception, Ingestion, and Tongues (The SPIT Lab) to help people to stick to healthy yet palatable diets. Her recent work emphasizes how saliva might adapt to bitter, healthy foods over time, trapping some of the bitter molecules and reducing the bitterness. Her research is funded by NIH, and she has multiple publications on the topics of food flavor, acceptability, structure, and the biochemistry of oral sensations.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crunning/

Faculty Page: https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/nutr/directory/faculty/running_cordelia.html

Twitter: https://twitter.com/spitlab

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Dr. Betina Piqueras-Fiszman is an Associate Professor at Wageningen University. Her research focuses on the exploration of novel ways to understand food perception, preferences, and motivations. Betina is particularly interested in the connection between how the mind works at an implicit level and what we observe explicitly. She uses a multidisciplinary approach to investigate the link between consumers' associations, perception, and motivation, and teaches on these topics. She has published around 50 scientific peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and actively contributes to various international academic symposia, courses, and other public events. She is co-author of the book "The Perfect Meal" (which won the 2015 Prose Award) and co-edited the book "Multisensory Flavor Perception". She also collaborates frequently with industry in a wide range of private and European projects. Betina won the 2017 Food Quality and Preference Young Researcher award and currently sits on the editorial boards of Food Quality and Preference and Appetite.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/betina-piqueras-fiszman-93166621/

University Page: https://www.wur.nl/en/Persons/Betinadr.-B-Betina-Piqueras-Fiszman.htm

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Frank Rossi is an R&D Director at PepsiCo in Plano TX, where he leads the statistics team supporting PepsiCo’s global snacks business.  He is an Accredited Professional Statistician with more than 30 years of industry experience including positions at Kraft Foods, Campbell Soup Company and General Foods.  Frank is coauthor of the book Statistics for Food Scientists: Making Sense of the Numbers which was published by Academic Press in 2015.  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankrossistatistics/

PepsiCo: https://www.pepsico.com/

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Martha Bajec is the principal and founder of Bajec Senseworks consulting, located in Burlington ON.  Martha is a highly-regarded scientist, and an expert at designing, directing, and delivering evidence-based, actionable insights. Martha is known for her clear and concise communication as an individual contributor and as a leader of internal and external multidisciplinary teams.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marthabajec

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Martha Bajec is the principal and founder of Bajec Senseworks consulting, located in Burlington ON.  Martha is a highly-regarded scientist, and an expert at designing, directing, and delivering evidence-based, actionable insights. Martha is known for her clear and concise communication as an individual contributor and as a leader of internal and external multidisciplinary teams.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marthabajec/

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Richard Popper is CEO of P&K Research, a consumer research agency dedicated to helping client companies improve and grow their product portfolio. 

Richard began his career as a member of the Behavioral Sciences Group at the U.S. Army Natick RD&E Center, and, prior to joining P&K Research, Richard held management positions at Ocean Spray Cranberries in R&D and Marketing.  

Richard regularly contributes to professional societies on topics of consumer and sensory science, has published over 25 journal articles and book chapters, and serves on the editorial boards of a number of technical journals.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardpopper

P&K Research: https://www.pk-research.com/

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