Korea University’s Hyun Jin Park Honored with IFT Achievement Award for Food Packaging
CHICAGO – June 25, 2024 – The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), a nonprofit scientific organization committed to advancing the science of food and its application across the global food system, is pleased to announce that Hyun Jin Park, PhD, Distinguished Professor at Korea University, has been awarded IFT’s Food Packaging Award in honor of Don Riester, Rees Davis, and Aaron Brody, which honors an individual who has provided lifetime contributions to innovation in food packaging technology.
To be considered for this award, individuals must demonstrate scientific ideas applied in practice to advance food packaging. Park will be honored at the Awards Ceremony & Reception at IFT FIRST: Annual Event and Expo, which is being held July 14-17, 2024, at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Park joined Korea University in Seoul, South Korea, in 1997, where he serves as a Distinguished Professor in the Biotechnology Department and as the Director of the Functional Food Research Center. His research focuses on nanoscale science in functional food, food packaging, and food processing. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. In 2017, he became the 37th President of the Korean Society of Food Science and Technology. He also serves as the Chairman of the Division of Agriculture and Fisheries at the Korean Academy of Science and Technology.
To date, Park has published over 300 scientific papers. In addition to being an Achievement Award winner, he was also named an IFT Fellow in 2015. Park resides in Seoul.
View the winners of the 2024 IFT Achievement Awards.
About Institute of Food Technologists
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) is a global organization of over 11,000 individual members from more than 90 countries committed to advancing the science of food. Since 1939, IFT has brought together the brightest minds in food science, technology and related professions from academia, government, and industry to solve the world’s greatest food challenges. IFT works to ensure that its members have the resources they need to learn, grow, and innovate to advance the science of food as the population and the world evolve. IFT believes that science and innovation is essential to ensuring a global food supply that is sustainable, safe, nutritious, and accessible to all. For more information, please visit ift.org.
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