Speakers

Professor Ciarán Forde is the Chair of Sensory Science and Eating Behavior at the Division of Human Nutrition and Health at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands. He leads research and education on how a food's sensory properties influence eating behaviors, energy intake and metabolism across the life-span. Prof. Forde coordinates undergraduate and graduate education in Sensory Science, Nutrition and Eating Behaviour at Wageningen. He has published more than 170 articles on topics in sensory, nutrition and metabolism, and presented his research at over 280 national and international scientific meetings. He is a Section Editor (‘Nutrition behaviour’) for the European Journal of Nutrition. He also holds editorial board positions at Nutrition Bulletin, Journal of Future Food and Journal of Texture Studies. Prof. Forde has spent the past 25 years conducting research in academic, public and private sector roles in the UK (GSK), Australia (CSIRO), Switzerland (Nestlé Research) and Singapore (National University of Singapore/A*STAR). He received his BSc (Hons) in Food Chemistry and a PhD in Sensory Science from the Department of Human Nutrition at University College Cork in Ireland.