The Cincinnati Local Section of the American Chemical Society

January Monthly Meeting

January 14th, 2009

Givaudan Flavors

Sponsored by Givaudan Flavors and Iota Sigma Pi

Featured Speaker:

Dr. Sara Risch

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Program:

5:30 – 7:30pm Registration.

6:00 – 6:30pm Board Meeting (Room CDR #1).

6:00 – 7:00pm Social Hour. Cheese with crackers and grapes, veggies with dip, punch, iced tea, soft drinks

7:00 – 8:00pm Buffet Dinner. House salad, sliced roast beef au jus and horseradish cream sauce, stuffed chicken breast, steamed vegetables, roasted red potatoes, assorted gourmet cheesecakes and coffee.

8:00pm Speaker.

“Flavor Chemistry”

Dr. Sarah Risch

Registration: Please register online HERE. Registration is now closed. Alternatively, you may email the webmaster at webmaster@acscincinnati.org to register, or call Roger Parker at 513.771.3613. Deadline for reservations is noon on Friday, January 9. Cost is $25 ($15 for students, emeritus, unemployed, and new members).

Directions:

From I-75 North:

Take the Towne Street Exit. Go right at the end of the exit. Turn left at the light onto Paddock Rd. At the first light, turn left onto Edison Dr. and enter the TechSolve Research Park. Givaudan Flavors is on the left, however, continue on Edison past the visitors entrance and park in the employee parking lot which is behind the building. Use the entrance near the south end of the parking lot. The entrance will be marked.

From I-75 South:

Take the Paddock Rd. exit and turn left at the end of the exit onto Paddock rd. Turn right at the third stoplight onto Edison Dr., and continue as above.

About the Speaker:

Sara Risch is a professor at Michigan State University . She was Director of the School of Packaging from 2004 to 2006. Prior to joining Michigan State , Sara had her own consulting business where she worked with food, flavor and packaging companies on product-package compatibility as well as new product development. She also spent five years as Director of R&D for Golden Valley Microwave Foods (now part of ConAgra Snack Foods). She is active in the American Chemical Society and is currently a Councilor for the Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division and vice-chair of the Committee on Nominations and Elections. She is a professional member of the Institute of Food Technologists , serving on the Committee on Divisions and on the executive committees for both the Food Packaging and Food Chemistry Divisions. Sara received her B.S and Ph.D. in Food Science from the University of Minnesota . She received a MS in Food Science from the University of Georgia .

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