Ambassadors and Councillors, like all GHI members, do not represent their employers.
Membership is individual and contributions to GHI are based on the scientific conscience of the members.

Ambassadors

Prof. Dr Livia Simon Sarkadi
Department of Food Chemistry and Nutrition, Szent István University
Full Professor, Head of Department.

Prof. Dr Diána Bánáti
Vice-Dean for Science at the University of Szeged.
Hungary.

Ambassador’s Report

Prof. Dr Livia Simon Sarkadi

As a GHI Ambassador to Hungary my main goal is to introduce GHI as an organization and its mission to Hungary. Via my positions in different National and International Organisation I have also chance to promote or support activities of GHI and disseminate information. These positions are: President of the Hungarian Chemical Society, President of Scientific Committee on Food Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, former chair of the Food Chemistry Division of EuChemS, and currently Executive Board member of EuChemS.

I have been involved in the Scientific Committee of some Conference series.
The XIX EuroFoodChem was organised in Budapest, Hungary last year (4-6 October 2017) where a very successful GHI session entitled ”Global Harmonization of Food Safety Regulations” was held chairing by Prof. Huub Lelieveld.

This year I am also the chair of the 3rd Conference on Food Science and Technology (28 November- 1 December, 2018, Budapest, Hungary). which will be organized in cooperation with the Faculty of Food Science, Szent Istvan University, the National Office for Food Safety and Security, the Scientific Committee on Food Science, Section of Chemical Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and the Foundation for Food Education and Research.

Prof. Dr Diána Bánáti

is a Full Professor and Vice-Dean for Science at the University of Szeged, Hungary. She holds an MSc in Food Science and Technology from Budapest and further university degrees in law, teaching, and food science. She served as Director General of the Central Food Research Institute from 2000 to 2011 and as a Ministerial Commissioner for food safety and international scientific research cooperation. She served as Vice-Chair and later Chair of the Management Board of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) from 2006 to 2012 and was Executive and Scientific Director of the International Life Sciences Institute, Europe, from 2012 to 2016. She has organized and chaired numerous conferences, contributed extensively to R&D programs, and participated in EU research projects. She is a Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology and a member of Academia Europaea.