Announcing New Fellows of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST)
27 Fellows from 14 countries are elected
9 April 2026 - The International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) is proud to present the 15th class of outstanding food scientists and technologists to be elected to the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST). These 27 new Fellows will be inducted by the Academy Executive Council, led by Professor Fereidoon Shahidi, IAFoST President, in October 2026 at the 23rd World Congress of Food Science and Technology to be held in Hong Kong.
| Name | Country |
|---|---|
| Joseph Oneh Abu | Nigeria |
| Hafiz Abubakar | Nigeria |
| Janet E. Collins | USA |
| Sakamon Devahastin | Thailand |
| Asgar Farahnaky | Australia |
| Vural Gokmen | Turkey |
| Chen Gong | China |
| Lihan Huang | USA |
| Hiroko Isoda | Japan |
| Anet Rezek Jambrak | Croatia |
| Yujun Jiang | China |
| Vijay K. Juneja | USA |
| Zwe-Ling Kong | Taiwan, China |
| Marianne Nissen Lund | Denmark |
| Haile Ma | China |
| Mercy Mmari | Tanzania |
| Nitin Nitin | USA |
| Ronald B. Pegg | USA |
| Siew Yong Quek | New Zealand |
| Marleny Doris Aranda Saldana | Canada |
| Upali Samarajeewa | Sri Lanka |
| Jiwan S. Sidhu | India |
| Narpinder Singh | India |
| Shaoyun Wang | China |
| Xuebing Xu | China |
| Kazutaka Yamamoto | Japan |
| Howard Q Zhang | USA |
Nominations for each new roster are made by IAFoST Fellows and/or IUFoST Adhering Bodies. Those elected to IAFoST by the Fellows of the Academy are acknowledged by their peers as outstanding representatives of international food science and technology.
The International Academy of Food Science (IAFoST) collectively forms a diverse pool of highest-level scientific expertise in food science and technology and related disciplines from which IUFoST draws non-aligned expert advice on scientific matters. Fellows serve as independent professional leaders who engage and endorse high standards of ethics and scientific endeavors.
The International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) stimulates the ongoing exchange of knowledge in those scientific disciplines and technologies relating to the expansion, improvement, distribution and conservation of the world's food supply. IUFoST is the Food Science and Technology disciplinary representative elected by its multi-disciplinary peers into the International Science Council (ISC) and works with related United Nations organizations such as WHO, FAO, UNDP and UNIDO. IUFoSTʼs Disciplinary and Special Interest Groupings include GFoRSS, Global Food Regulatory Science Society, ISFE – International Society of Food Engineers, ISOPOW – Symposium on Properties of Water – ISNFF, International Society for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals – ISFANS, International Society of Food Applications of Nanoscale Science (ISFANS). Website: www.iufost.org. Contact: secretariat@iufost.org. 23rd World Food Congress, Hong Kong, 25-29 October 2026. Website: www.iufost2026.org
