The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), a nonprofit scientific organization committed to advancing the science of food and its application across the global food system, is announcing that Christopher Daubert, Ph. D., will become its 85th president when he assumes the role on September 1, 2024. As president-elect effective September 1, 2023, he will work closely with incoming president, Sean Leighton, global vice president of food safety, quality and regulatory at Cargill. Each president serves a one-year term.
Daubert is vice chancellor and dean of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR). Prior to joining the University of Missouri in 2017, Daubert spent more than two decades at North Carolina State University, where he served as head of the food, bioprocessing & nutrition sciences department and as director of the Food Rheology Laboratory.