Professor
Anne S. Meyer
Technical University of Denmark
The Nils Foss Prize 2024
November 13th, University of Copenhagen
Introducing the Nils Foss Prize
The Nils Foss Prize honours excellent innovative research leading to remarkable improvements in sustainability, quality and safety in the food supply chain. Hear member of the prize committee and rector at the University of Copenhagen, Henrik Wegener, explain why having a science prize within the food and agricultural segment is valuable, and what in particular the committee values when selecting a recipient.
Previous Laureates and Talents
The latest winners of the Nils Foss Excellence Prize (€ 100,000), professor Anne S. Meyer, and the Nils Foss Talent Prize (€ 15,000), Lutz Grossmann, will be presenting on their relative fields of expertise, which will serve among the themes for the conference.
See the conference program below and find presentations of all the speakers and their abstracts by clicking on either the name of the speaker or the headline of the presentation.
Read more about all the previous winners of the two prizes below.
Assistant Professor
Lutz Grossmann
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Professor
Eric Andrew Decker
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Postdoctoral Scientist
Laura Roman Rivas
Aarhus University
Associate Professor
Mahesha Manjunatha Poojary
University of Copenhagen
Professor
David Julian McClements
University of Massachusetts
Associate Professor
Qian Janice Wang
Aarhus University
Professor
Robert David Hall
Wageningen University & Research
PhD
Klavs Martin Sørensen
University of Copenhagen
Professor
Frank M. Aarestrup
Technical University of Denmark
Associate Professor
Kristian Holst Laursen
University of Copenhagen
Professor
Rasmus Bro
University of Copenhagen
Associate Professor
Bekzod Khakimov
University of Copenhagen
The Nils Foss Excellence Prize
The Prize laureate is an active and internationally recognized scientist who has demonstrated excellent innovative research within the application of analytical technology in the food, feed and agricultural area. Focus will be on research leading to significant breakthrough in the application of analytical technologies that promote improvements in sustainability, quality and/or safety in the food production chain.
The prize is € 100,000
The award winner has conducted at least 10 years of excellent research. It is an advantage if the award winner has shown impact and entrepreneurship based on the conducted research.
The Nils Foss Prize committee receives nominations of both university and industrial candidates.
The Nils Foss Talent Prize
The Prize talent is a talented and promising upcoming scientist who has made a significant research or innovation contribution to the application of analytical technology to improve the sustainable use of agricultural resources and/or ensuring food quality and safety.
The prize is € 15,000
The award winner is maximum seven years after completion of master’s degree or four years after PhD degree. It is an advantage if the award winner has shown entrepreneurship based on the conducted research.
The Nils Foss Prize committee receives nominations of both university and industrial candidates.
Venue
The Nils Foss Prize award ceremony will take place at the assembly hall in the main building of the University of Copenhagen. You will find the entrance to the award ceremony from Frue Plads.
The address is:
Festsalen, Frue Plads 4, 1165 Copenhagen K.
Festsalen, Frue Plads 4,
1165 Copenhagen K.
1165 Copenhagen K.