Plenary Speakers
Marta Martínez
Marta Martínez is a tenured scientist at the Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL-CSIC-UAM). Her scientific interests lie in the multi-scale structural study of food biomass sources and the correlation with techno-functional properties, to develop strategies aimed at a more efficient use of natural resources for food applications. She has extensive knowledge in the application of X-ray and neutron scattering techniques to study the structure of food systems and packaging materials, as well as to understand the gastrointestinal digestion mechanism of foods.
Ben Boyd
Ben Boyd is a colloid and physical chemist with PhD from the University of Melbourne. He has held an academic position at Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) at Monash University in Australia since 2003. He recently completed a concurrent Novo Nordisk Laureate Research Fellowship based at the University of Copenhagen, and in April he commenced an ARC Industry Laureate Research Fellowship. His research focuses on colloidal and structural aspects of lipids and lipid self-assembly during digestion, and his group is active in developing new synchrotron and spectroscopy-based characterization approaches for lipid and solid-state systems.
Charlotte Jacobsen
Technical University of Denmark
