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Full Schedule

  • Monday, May 4, 2026
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    Extracting Value; The Science, Supply and Safety of Oilseed Processing & Co-Products.
    Presenting Author: Thomas Tiffany, MS – ADM
    Session Organizer: Rishi Shukla – ADM
    Featured Session
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    FoodID: Global Collaboration for Diversified Proteins, Lipids, and Sustainable Food Design
    Session Organizer: Ozan N. Ciftci – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Session Organizer: Nesli Sozer, PhD – VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
    Moderator: Serpil Metin – Cargill
    Featured Session
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    Increasing the Efficiency and Strength of Industry and Academic Collaboration
    Featured Session
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    Point / Counterpoint on the Controversial New Dietary Guidelines for Americans
    Chair: J. Thomas Brenna, PhD – Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin
    Featured Session
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    Seeds of Change: Vegetable Oils And The Sustainable Future
    Featured Session
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    Student Lightning Talk Competition
    Featured Session
  • 10:15 AM - 10:25 AM CDT
    Monarc Clean Oilseed Processing™ - New Revolutionary Solvent Extraction Technology
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Dutton Award Session
    Chair: Fang Wei, PhD – Oil Crops Research Institute Of Chinese Academy Of Agricultural Sciences
    Chair: Lisa Clement, MA (she/her/hers) – Cargill Inc.
    Analytical
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Fundamentals of Lipid Oxidation – Mechanisms
    Chair: Sorour Barekat (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas
    Co-Chair: Akhil Bajaj
    Lipid Oxidation and Quality
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    General Biotechnology I
    Chair: Nadeem Akhtar, PhD – CBS Bio Platforms Inc.
    Chair: Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir, PhD – Malaysian Palm Oil Board
    Chair: Minghong Yang – Amano Enzyme USA
    Biotechnology
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    General Edible Applications Technology I
    Chair: Nuria C. Acevedo, PhD (she/her/hers) – Griffith Foods / Iowa State University
    Chair: Diliara Iassonova – Cargill Inc
    Chair: Purlen Sezer Okur, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Edible Applications Technology
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    General Health and Nutrition I
    Chair: Rinat Rivka Ran-Ressler, PhD – Nestle Health Science
    Chair: Vermont Punongba Dia, PhD – The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Chair: Cristina Chairez, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Manitoba
    Health and Nutrition
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    General Industrial Oil Products
    Chair: Lei Fang – AgCertain Operations Group, LLC
    Chair: Prasanth K S Pillai – University of Minnesota
    Chair: Brajendra K. Sharma (he/him/his) – US Department of Agriculuture
    Industrial Oil Products
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    General Protein and Co-Products
    Chair: Mahfuzur Rahman – University of Arkansas
    Chair: Chibuike Udenigwe, PhD – University of Ottawa
    Chair: Sayantini Paul, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska Lincoln
    Protein and Co-Products
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    General Surfactants & Detergents I
    Chair: Jason Jason Zhang, PhD – University of Birmingham
    Chair: Nancy Falk, PhD (she/her/hers) – Nancy A Falk PhD Formulation Consulting LLC
    Surfactants and Detergents
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Graduate Student Oral Competition
    Protein and Co-Products
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Lipids as Functional Ingredients in Foods and Industry – Applications and Analytical Characterization
    Chair: David Pinkston – SuperSep Consulting, LLC
    Chair: Jinping Dong – Cargill
    Chair: Flavia Adais Rocha Dos Santos – University of Manitoba
    Analytical
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Practical Refining Operations
    Chair: Vinay Patel – Natures Crops International
    Chair: Alan R. Paine, BSc MIChemE CEng (he/him/his) – ARP Lipids Consulting
    Processing
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    Advances in Biotechnology Across Industries
    Chair: Monica Henry, MS – Meelunie
    Chair: Manasi Bhate, PhD (she/her/hers) – IFF Health & Biosciences
    Chair: John Harp – Novonesis
    Biotechnology
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    Fermentation: Microbial Lipids for Foods
    Chair: Serpil Metin – Cargill
    Chair: Saeed M Ghazani, PhD – University of Guelph
    Chair: Dai Hashimura (he/him/his) – Amano Enzyme Inc.
    Edible Applications Technology
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    General Analytical Methods I
    Chair: Pierluigi Delmonte (.) – US Food and Drug Administration
    Chair: Lisa Clement, MA (she/her/hers) – Cargill Inc.
    Analytical
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    Green Chemistry & Oleochemicals
    Chair: Brajendra K. Sharma (he/him/his) – US Department of Agriculuture
    Chair: Helen Ngo, PhD – USDA
    Chair: Majher i. Sarker, PhD (he/him/his) – US Department of Agriculture
    Industrial Oil Products
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    Innovations in Protein‑based Materials and Co‑products for Food and Non‑food Applications I
    Chair: Nandika Bandara, PhD, CFS (he/him/his) – University of Manitoba
    Chair: Nancy D. Asen – Appalachian State University
    Chair: Sumanjot Kaur, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas
    Protein and Co-Products
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    Life Cycle and Techno-Economic Assessments in Processing Design
    Chair: Gozde Gulseren – University of Florida
    Chair: Aye Meyer – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Processing
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    Modeling, ML & AI in Surfactants I - Structure-Performance Relationships
    Chair: Alberto Striolo – University of Oklahoma
    Chair: Sarvesh Agrawal, PhD – ExxonMobil
    Surfactants and Detergents
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    Polar Lipids in Health and Nutrition I - Mechanisms, Biomarkers & Delivery
    Chair: Gulustan Ozturk, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison Dept. Food Science
    Chair: Nils Billecke, PhD – Cargill
    Health and NutritionPhospholipid
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    Soft Matter And Complex Lipid Structures I - Structured Lipid Systems
    Chair: George John, PhD – [a] Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA. [b] The Ph.D. Program in Chemistry & [c] The Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
    Chair: Andrew J. Gravelle – University of California, Davis
    Chair: Braulio Macias-Rodriguez – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Edible Applications Technology
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    Synthetic vs. Natural Antioxidants: Discovery, Efficacy, and Implications - Part I
    Chair: Mads Bjørlie (he/him/his) – Technical University of Denmark
    Lipid Oxidation and Quality
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    The Role Of Surfactants In Oil, Gas, Mining, & Energy Fields I
    Chair: Duy T. Nguyen, PhD – SLB
    Chair: Sanja Natali, PhD – ExxonMobil
    Chair: Bing-Hung Chen – National Cheng Kung University
    Surfactants and Detergents
  • 3:15 PM - 3:25 PM CDT
    CPM|Crown Lifecycle360™ Single-source Support Service Offerings, An Overview
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Advanced Methods of Analysis Including Lipidomics
    Chair: Baoru Yang (she/her/hers) – University of Turku
    Chair: Boone Prentice, PhD – University of Florida
    Analytical
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Biobased Lubricants
    Chair: Majher i. Sarker, PhD (he/him/his) – US Department of Agriculture
    Chair: Baochen Fang, PhD (she/her/hers) – North Dakota State University
    Industrial Oil Products
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Biosurfactants I
    Chair: George A. Smith, PhD – Sasol Chemicals
    Chair: Sophie Roelants, PhD – AmphiStar
    Chair: Joseph Msanne, PhD – USDA/ARS/ERRC
    BiotechnologySurfactants and Detergents
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Dietary Proteins and Co-Products - Safety and Sustainability
    Chair: Qinchun Rao – Florida State University
    Chair: Bingqi Chen – The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Chair: Vermont Punongba Dia, PhD – The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Health and NutritionProtein and Co-Products
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Innovations in Protein‑based Materials and Co‑products for Food and Non‑food Applications II
    Chair: Nandika Bandara, PhD, CFS (he/him/his) – University of Manitoba
    Chair: Nancy D. Asen – Appalachian State University
    Chair: Sumanjot Kaur, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas
    Protein and Co-Products
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Modeling, ML & AI in Surfactants II - Structure-Property Relationships
    Chair: Sarvesh Agrawal, PhD – ExxonMobil
    Chair: Alberto Striolo – University of Oklahoma
    Surfactants and Detergents
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Personal Care I
    Chair: Lucas Moore, PhD – Colonial Chemical Inc
    Chair: Jason Jason Zhang, PhD – University of Birmingham
    Surfactants and DetergentsPhospholipid
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Process Innovations for Operational Cost Efficiency
    Chair: Scott Korte – N. Hunt Moore and Associates
    Chair: Harthika Mylvaganam, MSc (she/her/hers) – Carleton University
    Processing
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Soft Matter And Complex Lipid Structures II - Aqueous and multi-phase systems
    Chair: Braulio Macias-Rodriguez – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Chair: George John, PhD – [a] Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA. [b] The Ph.D. Program in Chemistry & [c] The Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
    Chair: Andrew J. Gravelle – University of California, Davis
    Edible Applications Technology
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Synthetic vs. Natural Antioxidants: Discovery, Efficacy, and Implications - Part II
    Lipid Oxidation and Quality
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    The Role Of AI In Promoting Health And Nutrition
    Chair: Samantha Lee Huey, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health
    Chair: Fabiola Dionisi, PhD (she/her/hers) – Societe' des Produits Nestlé
    Chair: Elena N. Naumova – Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
    Health and Nutrition
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
    Biotechnology Posters
    Biotechnology
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
    Lipid Oxidation and Quality Posters
    Lipid Oxidation and Quality
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
    Processing Posters
    Processing
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
    Protein and Co-Products Posters
    Protein and Co-Products
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
    Surfactants and Detergents Posters
    Surfactants and Detergents