The Lipid Oxidation and Quality Division Student Excellence Award recognizes graduate students presenting an outstanding oral or poster presentation within the Lipid Oxidation and Quality technical program at the AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo.
What does the recipient receive?
- Certificate
- Complimentary AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo registration
- Complimentary Division Networking Event ticket
- Up to US $500 travel allowance
- Opportunity to present your research at the AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo
Who is eligible?
Graduate students presenting within the Division’s technical program at the AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo who have never received the Lipid Oxidation and Quality Division Student Excellence Award before.
How do I nominate someone?
Login to the Awards Portal to submit the following application materials.
- Complete application questions using the Awards Portal
- Letter of support from the student’s academic advisor
- At least one other letter of support from anyone familiar with the student’s academic endeavors
- University transcripts
- Detailed Curriculum Vitae
- Abstract submitted for the current year’s AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo
Most Recent Recipient
Jolijn Koomen is a PhD candidate at INRAE in Nantes, France. She earned her MSc Food Technology from Wageningen University, specialising in product design and ingredient functionality. Her graduate research focuses on lipid oxidation in plant protein ingredients and their derived food applications.