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Davide Giacalone is an Associate Professor and Research Group Leader at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), and a member of SDU FOOD MATTERS within the SDU Biotechnology section.

His research focuses on consumer acceptance of technological innovations in the food domain, with the overarching goal of designing forward-thinking, healthy, and sustainable foods for the future. With a background in sensory and consumer science, his special areas of proficiency include inter-individual differences in food perception and acceptance, methodological research on perceptual product testing with consumers, and the application of sensory methods to product development in both research and industry.

Davide is currently on the editorial board for Food Quality and Preference, and is a member of the scientific committee for both the Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium and the European Sensory and Consumer Research Conference. He has published over 75 scientific articles and book chapters (h-index: 30) and he is a frequent contributor to international conferences on sensory science, product development, and consumer research worldwide.

Current external positions

Member, Censorkorpset for Levnedsmiddel

20192026

Member, Censorkorpset for Ingeniøruddannelserne

20192026

Keywords

  • User centered design
  • consumer product testing
  • product optimization
  • sensory evaluation
  • quantitative methods
  • User groups and user behaviour
  • preference mapping
  • clustering
  • segmentation
  • individual differences
  • Environmentally Friendly Foods
  • sustainable food innovation
  • plant-based foods and beverages

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