SupplySide West
Event description
Product innovation begins at SupplySide West and Food ingredients North America. Join us for the premier event for dietary supplement and food and beverage professionals. Source ingredients and services, see what’s trending in product development, and make connections to drive your brand forward.
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Priera Panescu, Ph.D.
LEAD SCIENTIST, PLANT-BASED
Priera’s role at GFI focuses on accelerating the plant-based meat industry through analyzing their plant-based protein landscape, identifying emerging technological solutions and bottlenecks, and communicating with other scientists about advancing alternative protein research. Priera has bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and math from the University of California, Santa Cruz as well as a master’s and a doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to joining GFI, Priera spent almost a decade focusing on polymer, formulation, and materials chemistry research. Particularly, she honed these skills for food security applications by creating novel sustainable agriculture materials and compounds.
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