SASKIA VAN RUTH

Saskia van Ruth is Professor of Food Authenticity & Integrity at Wageningen University and Professor of Integrity of Food Supply Networks at Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland who deals with food and feed integrity issues on a daily basis. After receiving her PhD in food chemistry, she worked in industry and the academic world on flavour science for nine years. She was affiliated for seven years with University College Cork in Ireland. In 2005 she returned to the Netherlands and took up the position of head of the food authenticity and nutrients group at RIKILT Wageningen University and Research, where she still works part-time today. She was appointed as professor in Wageningen in 2012 and in Belfast in 2018.