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Helene Hopfer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science at Penn State University, where she also directs the Graduate Studies in Food Science program. Her academic background includes a postdoctoral position at the University of California, Davis, specializing in Wine Sensory Science and Flavor Chemistry, and a Ph.D. from Graz University of Technology in Austria, focusing on Aroma Analysis and Sensory Science. Her research interests lie at the intersection of sensory and consumer science, flavor chemistry, and multivariate statistics, examining how the structure of food affects human perception and food choice. She is involved in the International Agriculture & Development graduate programs and has co-advised several graduate students. She has received awards such as the NACTA Teaching Award Merit in 2020 and the Anna Guy Bixler Memorial Award in 2019. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, contributing significant insights into food science and human perception of flavor.
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