International Scientific Advisory Committee
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David Lineback
Chair
Dr. David R. Lineback is a carbohydrate chemist and food scientist with extensive academic experience. He has served as Director, Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), University of Maryland; Dean, College of Agriculture, University of Idaho; Department Head, Departments of Food Science, North Carolina State University and the Pennsylvania State University; and on the faculty at Kansas State University and the University of Nebraska. Dr. Lineback has served as Presiden
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Voting Members
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Jean-Michel Antoine
Nutritionnist, Danone Research, Paris
Dr Jean Michel ANTOINE
- Born in 1947 in Paris (France), he is a medical doctor, with special degrees in Biology and Sport medicine (1974), Workers medicine (1974), Aeronautical medicine (1979), Statistics (Medical biology, and Epidemiology-1981) and Physician for the Merchant Navy (1980).
- He is specialist in Internal Medicine (1981), and get a Ph D in Nutrition (Nancy 1982). Resident and resident in chief in University Hospital in Tours and Nancy f
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Sunil Chacko
Dr. Sunil Chacko is Professor of Health Sciences (Adjunct) at Canada's Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, and Professor of Health Sciences (Adjunct) at Indira Gandhi National University, New Delhi. Dr. Chacko is Partner with New Info Solutions LLC, a biotechnology and finance advisory agency he co-founded in 1999 with offices in Washington DC, US, Vancouver, Canada, Tanabe, Japan and Trivandrum, India. He is the Vice President for North America of the Global India Foundation.
He has recei
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Hongda Chen
Dr. Hongda Chen is the National Program Leader for Bioprocess Engineering and Nanotechnology in Cooperative State Research, Education & Extension Service (CSREES) of USDA. He provides national leadership to develop, coordinate, and manage research, education and extension programs in the areas of value-added novel products for food and nonfood applications. He represents USDA in the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET
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Tanya Ditschun
Tanya Ditschun graduated with a Baccalaureate degree in Food Science from the University of Guelph. She also completed Master's and Doctoral degrees in Food Science from the University of California-Davis. She currently serves as Director of Food Science and Technology at Senomyx Inc. based in San Diego, California.
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Nina Fedoroff
Nina Vsevolod Fedoroff is an American professor at Penn State university known for her research in life sciences and biotechnology. She received in 2006 the National Medal of Science in the field of Biological Sciences, the highest award for lifetime achievement in scientific research in the United States.
Born in Celeveland, Ohio, she graduated summa cum laude in 1966 from Syracuse University with a dual major in biology and chemistry. She received her PhD in 1972 from The Rockefeller Un
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John Finley
John Finley is currently a professor and head of the department of Food Science at LSU. In that role he conducts research on foods for health related to obesity and inflammation.
Prior to joining LSU, Dr. Finley was Chief Technology Officer at A.M. Todd Co., a Kraft Fellow at Kraft Foods, Leader of Food Science at Monsanto and Group Director of Fundamental Science at Nabisco.
Dr. Finley received his B.S. Degree in Chemistry from LeMoyne College and a PhD in Food Science from Cornell Univer
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Marc Fortin
Assistant Deputy Minister, Research Branch
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Dr. Marc Fortin joined Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) as Assistant Deputy Minister, Research Branch, in January 2006. Since, he has been leading AAFC’s research activities conducted at 19 research centres across Canada with 600 scientific staff and research professionals among some 2,300 employees in a wide variety of areas such as the quality of food and the safety of the food system, human health, wellness
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Lynn Frewer
Professor, Wageningen University,
Fields of interest
* Food risk communication, mangement and assessment
* Science and society
* Developing effective communication about food choices and food safety
Lynn is interested in developing collaborations between the natural and social sciences.
Existing research projects include within the area of food safety, emerging food risks, food allergy, tracebility and emerging food technologies.
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Lekh Raj Juneja
Dr. Lekh Juneja is an Executive Vice President of Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd, Japan. He is also CEO of Taiyo Lucid Pvt. Ltd., India and Director of Taiyo Green Power Co., Ltd, China. He received his Ph D from Nagoya University, Japan. He is internationally acclaimed for developing various nutraceuticals and functional foods and has authored over 200 research papers and reviews and has more than 100 Japanese and international patents.
Dr Juneja is recipient of many awards including IFT Industrial
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Mohamed Karmali
Mohamed A. Karmali is a professor in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at McMaster University and Director-General of two programmes in the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Biotechnology, Genomics, and Population Health, and the Laboratory for Food borne Zoonoses. He is also the Executive Director of the Genome-based Research and Population Health International Network. He is the former Head of Microbiology at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Karmali is recognised
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Zdenek Kratky
Dr. Kratky, now retired, was Vice President of Nutrition, Advisor R&D, Nestle USA. Prior to joining Nestle in 1983, Dr. Kratky served in academia in Czechoslovakia and Canada. Dr. Kratky has a Ph.D. from the Czechoslovak Academy of Science.
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Yongjing Li
Yongjing Li received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Tianjin light Industry Institute in Tianjin China and a Ph.D. in Food Science from the University of Massachusetts. He is currently President of the Danisco (China) Holding Company and the General Manager of Danisco (China) Holding Company and Danisco Food Ingredients (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. He is also the vice chairman of the China Institute of Food Science and Technology (CIFST), China Food Additive Association and the CIFST Lactic Acid B
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Jan Ouwehand
Summary
A creative initiator, with passion for developing winning teams and successful new innovative products.
Practical business, manufacturing and R&D background with over 13 years of experience at Unilever and Campbell soup co., who has successfully managed complex projects on international scale.
Strong academic science and technology background, specifically in areas of ingredient functionality and manufacturing processes.
Recognized passionate team leader with focus on development of
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Allan Paulson
Associate Scientific Director
Dr. Allan Paulson is a Professor of Food Science at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Associate Scientific Director of the Advanced Foods and Materials Network of Centres of Excellence (AFMNet). Dr. Paulson has worked in food research for more than 25 years, specializing in food chemistry, processing and packaging. His research has included work with gels, emulsions and foams for delivery of bioactive molecules and probiotics, developing biodegradable/edible packaging material an
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Guru Ramanathan
Guru Ramanathan Ph.D., M.B.A., is Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Vice President for Pittsburgh based General Nutrition Corporation (GNC). His responsibilities include Technology Acquisition, Alliance Management, Product Development, Clinical Trials, Scientific Affairs and Packaging Development.
Dr. Ramanathan’s industry experience spans Clinical care, Pharma, Consumer health and the Retail sectors. Prior to his current appointment with GNC, Dr. Ramanathan was a Senior Director for Roy
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Paul Singh
Dr. R. Paul Singh is a Distinguished Professor of Food Engineering, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California at Davis. He received his degrees in the area of agricultural engineering from Punjab Agricultural University (B.S. 1970), University of Wisconsin (M.S. 1972), and Michigan State University (Ph.D. 1974). At the University of California, Professor Singh teaches courses to students majoring in Food Science
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Michael Smith
Former member of RMC.
New member of ISAC
Michael Smith, Head, Office of Complementary Medicine, Therapeutic Goods Administration
Michael Smith took up his appointment as Head, Office of Complementary Medicines in the Therapeutic Goods Administration in May 2009 on a two year assignment from the Natural Health Products Directorate at Health Canada. He is trained both as a pharmacist and a naturopathic practitioner
Before joining the TGA, Michael was the Director of the Bureau of the Par
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John Webb
Dr. John Webb
Director, Emerging Science
Maple Leaf Foods
Toronto, Ontario
Dr. Webb is Director of Emerging Science at Maple Leaf Foods Inc. In that role, he is the first point of contact for new science across the bakery, meat and meals business. He joined the vertical coordination group at Maple Leaf in 2002, and was part of a team that developed DNA traceability for pork. He has 35 years in the animal genetics and agri-food industries and research communities.
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Rickey Yada
Scientific Director
Dr. Rickey Yada received his PhD from the Department of Food Science at the University of British Columbia in 1984. He has served as Chair of the Department of Food Science and as the Assistant Vice President Research, Agri-Food Programs, both at the University of Guelph. He is presently a Professor in the Department of Food Science, a Canada Research Chair in Food Protein Structure, and the Scientific Director of the Advanced Foods and Materials Network, Networks of Centres of Excellence. He ha
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Non-Voting Members
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Perry Lidster
Managing Director
Dr. Perry Lidster joined AFMNet in December 2009 as the Managing Director. Dr. Lidster brings to AFMNet experience in science, technology commercialization and business development. He has extensive experience in operational management of government, public and private funded industry organizations. Some of his key strengths include management of human resources, facilities and finances, delivery of research programs, leadership in developing novel industry/government alliances and the developm
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Monique Poirier
recording secretary/observer
Executive Assistant Governance
Monique Poirier is the Executive Assistant with responsibilities associated with Governance of the Network.
In her current role she maintains and updates the governance framework, monitors compliance, coordinates meetings for the Board of Directors, Research Management Committee, Executive Committee and International Scientific Advisory Committee, has established and maintains the Operations Manual of the Network.
She is the Recording Secretary to the Bo
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Jan Smith
observer/staff
Jan Smith joined Advanced Foods and Materials Network (AFMNet) in June 2005 as Financial Manager and accepted additional responsibilities as Operations Manager in 2007. Jan brings with her a broad range of experience in both not for profit and industry with controllership and management roles in both areas.
In her role as Financial Manager, Jan is responsible for the overall financial activities of the Network ensuring that annual budgets are prepared, grant and other payments are made on a
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