Young Investigator Award

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Foods 2021 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Guodong Zhang.

Dr. Guodong Zhang is an Associate Professor of the Department of Food Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, USA. Dr. Guodong Zhang’s major research focus is on foods for health and wellness with an emphasis on the roles of bioactive lipids in colonic inflammation and colon cancer. Dr. Guodong Zhang received his PhD in 2010 (born in 1982) and has an outstanding publication record, comprising 73 publications in peerreviewed international journals and 4 international patents. Dr. Guodong Zhang’s Scopus Scientific Citations number is 1822 and his Hirsch index is 24. He is clearly a rising star in the field of food science and technology. As a single applicant, Dr. Guodong Zhang has secured funding of more than 1.7 million USD as a principal investigator (PI) and more than 5.1 million USD as a co-PI. This is an outstanding achievement in today’s competitive environment. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Guodong Zhang for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Guodong Zhang will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge in Foods after peer review within two years, and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.

Prof. Dr. Christopher John Smith
Editor-in-Chief, Foods

 
Foods 2021 Young Investigator Award
 
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Yu Fu
College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Lucía Victoria Cassani Menéndez
Agricultural and Food Research Group (AA1), Department of Analytical and Food Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Vigo, Campus Auga, 32004 Ourense, Spain

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Arun K Bhunia Chairman
Purdue University
Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas
UNIVERSITY OF THE PELOPONNESE
Prof. Dr. Susana Casal
LAQV/Requimte, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto
Prof. Antonello Santini
University of Napoli Federico II
Dr. Silvia Pichardo
Universidad de Sevilla
Dr. Antonio Cilla

Winner

Matthew D. Moore
University of Massachusetts Amherst,USA

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Arun Bhunia Chairman
Purdue University
Prof. Antonello Santini
University of Napoli Federico II
Prof. Joe Vinson
University of Scranton
Dr. Luís R. Silva
FFUP/REQUIMTE
Dr. Ricard Boqué
Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Winner

Raúl González-Domínguez
Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica de Cádiz,Spain

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Arun Bhunia Chairman
Purdue University
Prof. Joana Amaral
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
Prof. Michelle Colgrave
Dr. Silvia Pichardo
Universidad de Sevilla
Prof. Dr. José Antonio Beltrán
Zaragoza University
Prof. Gian Carlo Tenore
University of Naples
Dr. Esther Sendra
Universidad Miguel Hernández

Winner

Xiaonan Lu
McGill University,Canada

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Arun Bhunia Chairman
Purdue University
Prof. Antonello Santini
University of Napoli Federico II
Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas
UNIVERSITY OF THE PELOPONNESE
Prof. Joana Amaral
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
Dr. Koushik Adhikari
University of Georgia
Dr. Han-Seok Seo
University of Arkansas

Winner

Goudong Zhang
University of Massachusetts, USA

Award Committee

Prof. Christopher J. Smith Chairman
n/a
Prof. Joana Amaral
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
Dr. Koushik Adhikari
University of Georgia
Dr. Cristina L. M. Silva
Dr. Han-Seok Seo
University of Arkansas
Prof. Dr. Theodoros Varzakas
UNIVERSITY OF THE PELOPONNESE
Prof. Dr. Youn Young Shim
Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences
Prof. Antonello Santini
University of Napoli Federico II
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