Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Metabolites 2021 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Gabriele Rocchetti.

Dr. Gabriele Rocchetti is an Assistant Professor in Food Chemistry of the Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition at Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Piacenza, Italy. Dr. Gabriele Rocchetti’s research interests are in foodomics-based approaches (mainly metabolomics, peptidomics, and lipidomics) to evaluate food quality and traceability, application of metabolomics to evaluate the bioaccessibility, and transformation of the bioactive profiles in food matrix. Currently, his research work is based on the application of metabolomics and foodomics to food chemistry, meat science, dairy science, and plant science. Dr. Gabriele Rocchetti received his PhD in 2018 and has since developed an outstanding publication record, comprising 115 publications in peer-reviewed international journals. Dr. Gabriele Rocchetti’s Scopus Scientific Citations number is 1575, and his Hirsch index is 23. He is clearly a rising star in the field of metabolomics/food science and technology. This is particularly impressive in today’s competitive environment. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Gabriele Rocchetti for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Gabriele Rocchetti will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF and a certificate of award.

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.