AigoraCast
113 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsConversations with industry experts on how new technologies are impacting sensory and consumer science.
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Lauren Rogers - Join the (Open-Source) Party
December 05, 2019 15:04 - 37 minutes - 31.4 MBLauren Rogers is a freelance sensory scientist who fell in love with sensory in the early 1990s when she worked for Dalgety, a food ingredients company. Later, she worked for GSK, mainly on beverages such as Ribena and Horlicks. Now Lauren works with several different clients in a wide variety of product categories and also lectures on sensory science at the University of Nottingham. Lauren is particularly interested in the sensory, consumer, and emotional attributes of brands; sensory shelf...
Rob Baker - AI is for Everyone
December 04, 2019 14:28 - 33 minutes - 32.3 MBRob Baker is a Section Head in the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence group at P&G. His group consists of Data Scientists and Data Engineers supporting R&D for all of P&G’s businesses. Rob holds a Master's degree in Statistics from Purdue and has 30 years of experience with consumer research methods. Rob on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-baker-a8bb275/ P&G jobs: https://www.pgcareers.com/ To learn more about Aigora, please visit www.aigora.com To learn...
Adam Yee - The Interconnectedness of Food Science
November 26, 2019 14:24 - 34 minutes - 32.6 MBAdam Yee is a passionate food scientist who develops food products ranging from protein bars to plant-based meats and who, in his spare time, hosts the well-known podcast “My Food Job Rocks” that just recorded its 200th episode. Web: https://myfoodjobrocks.com/ Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itsmeadamyee/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfoodjobrocks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/myfoodjobrocks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/my...
Joanne Hort - Leveraging New Technologies to Increase Measurement Validity
November 19, 2019 17:39 - 35 minutes - 34.5 MBProfessor Hort is an internationally renowned sensory scientist and is Fonterra-Riddet Chair in Consumer and Sensory Science at Massey University (NZ). She is also a Principal Investigator in the Riddet Centre of Research Excellence. Her research focuses on a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the factors affecting consumer perception of food and consequent choice behaviours, and developing effective methods to measure them. She is director of FEAST, the Food Experience and Sensory...
Tom Carr - Analyzing for Knowledge
November 13, 2019 18:24 - 36 minutes - 35.9 MBTom Carr has used statistics to solve problems in the consumer products industries his entire career. He is very product focused. He has worked closely with his clients’ organizations to introduce new products and to improve existing ones. His work has exposed him to a wide variety of disciplines including engineering, chemistry, rheology, sensory, psychology, consumer science, and more. Tom is motivated by the challenge of figuring out how to use the information from these diverse sources h...
Episode 4 - Chris Simons
October 28, 2019 13:55 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBDr. Chris Simons is a professor of Food Science and Technology at the Ohio State University. He received his PhD in Sensory Science at the University of California, Davis before conducting his post-doc in Sensory Neurobiology in France. From 2004 through 2012, Chris led the Sensory Research function at Givaudan Flavors Corp. and joined the faculty in the Department of Food Science and Technology at The Ohio State University in 2013. In 2017, Chris was awarded the Barry Jacobs Memorial Award ...
Chris Simons - Bridging the Gap Between Scientific Rigor and Ecological Validity
October 28, 2019 13:55 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBDr. Chris Simons is a professor of Food Science and Technology at the Ohio State University. He received his PhD in Sensory Science at the University of California, Davis before conducting his post-doc in Sensory Neurobiology in France. From 2004 through 2012, Chris led the Sensory Research function at Givaudan Flavors Corp. and joined the faculty in the Department of Food Science and Technology at The Ohio State University in 2013. In 2017, Chris was awarded the Barry Jacobs Memorial Award ...
Michelle Niedziela - Powering Consumer Research with New Data Sources
October 17, 2019 15:41 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBDr. Michelle Niedziela is a behavioral neuroscientist experienced in both academia and industry. Michelle began her career as a post-doctoral fellow at Monell Chemical Senses Center working on research of functional foods. She continued her career at Johnson & Johnson where she specialized in innovation technologies for consumer products. At Mars Chocolate, Michelle worked on global sensory projects and in her current role as VP of Research and Innovation at HCD Research, Michelle focuses o...
Episode 3 - Michelle Niedziela
October 17, 2019 15:41 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBDr. Michelle Niedziela is a behavioral neuroscientist experienced in both academia and industry. Michelle began her career as a post-doctoral fellow at Monell Chemical Senses Center working on research of functional foods. She continued her career at Johnson & Johnson where she specialized in innovation technologies for consumer products. At Mars Chocolate, Michelle worked on global sensory projects and in her current role as VP of Research and Innovation at HCD Research, Michelle focuses o...
Gemma Hodgson - FOMO in Consumer Science
October 17, 2019 15:40 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBGemma Hodgson has an MSc in Medical Statistics and worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a statistician for over 15 years. Gemma now runs Qi Statistics Ltd, and gives statistical training and consultancy advice to a wide variety of customers in sensory and consumer science, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing. Gemma is known for her approachable attitude and skills at converting complex concepts into ideas that can be applied in practice. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemma...
Episode 2 - Gemma Hodgson
October 17, 2019 15:40 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBGemma Hodgson has an MSc in Medical Statistics and worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a statistician for over 15 years. Gemma now runs Qi Statistics Ltd, and gives statistical training and consultancy advice to a wide variety of customers in sensory and consumer science, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing. Gemma is known for her approachable attitude and skills at converting complex concepts into ideas that can be applied in practice. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemma...
Chris Findlay - Challenges in Predicting Sensory Profiles
September 12, 2019 18:51 - 34 minutes - 28.8 MBAs the Chairman, founder and architect of Compusense, Chris provides a lifetime worth of skill and experience in the sensory and consumer science field. Founding Compusense in 1986, Chris has been an active participant and promoter to the growth of the sensory and consumer science community. From the beginning, he has been committed to “good science” and has always been reluctant to support dubious sensory methods. In the early days of temporal research, Chris and his colleagues pioneered d...
Episode 1 - Chris Findlay
September 12, 2019 18:51 - 34 minutes - 28.8 MBAs the Chairman, founder and architect of Compusense, Chris provides a lifetime worth of skill and experience in the sensory and consumer science field. Founding Compusense in 1986, Chris has been an active participant and promoter to the growth of the sensory and consumer science community. From the beginning, he has been committed to “good science” and has always been reluctant to support dubious sensory methods. In the early days of temporal research, Chris and his colleagues pioneered d...