Prof. Dr. Reinhard Matissek

first completed training as a chemical lab technician before studying food technology and food chemistry in Berlin. After obtaining his doctorate at the former Federal Health Office (Bundesgesundheitsamt (BGA), Berlin) in partnership with TU Berlin (TUB) under Professor Werner Baltes, he then completed his habilitation in the discipline of food chemistry. In 1989, he was appointed Director of the prestigious Cologne-based LCI, the BDSI's service centre for the natural sciences. Since 1990, he has also been Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Food Technology and Food Chemistry in the Faculty of Process Sciences at TU Berlin. He holds the Hans F. Dresel Memorial Award from the PMCA (International Association of Confectioners, Pennsylvania/USA) and the FINCKE Prize for Science and Technology from the BDSI (Bonn), and is a member of numerous organisations and committees.