Bridging Taste and Well-Being:
Frontiers in Next Generation Flavor Science
November 13th, 2026
Auer-von-Welsbach Hörsaal, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna
Währinger Straße 42, A-1090 Wien
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Opening & Welcoming Remarks
Manuela Baccarini, Vice Rector of the University of Vienna
Christian Becker, Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna
Martin Gerzabek, President of the Christian Doppler Research Association
Julian Weghuber, Scientific Director, FFoQSI Competence Center for Excellent Technologies
Pierre-Alain Ceralli, President, Food & Beverage Global, Symrise AG Holzminden
1:30 – 6:00 p.m. Keynote presentations
From Flavor to Function - Advancing our Understanding of Bioactive Aroma Compounds
Gerhard Krammer
Former Senior VP Global Research & Technology, Symrise AG Holzminden / DE
Frontiers in Wine Flavor Research
Markus Herderich
Director of Research at The Australian Wine Research Institute, Associate Professor at The University of Adelaide / AUS
Decoding Flavor: Sensomics for Tomorrow's Food Systems
Corinna Dawid
Chair of Functional Phyto-metabolomics, Technical University of Munich (TUM) / DE
Scientific Director of the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at TUM / DE
Coffee break
Aroma Precursor Research - A Never-Ending Story
Peter Winterhalter
Head of the Institute of Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig / DE
Computational Design of Functional Taste Peptides
Antonella Di Pizio
Associated Professor for Chemoinformatics and Protein Modelling, TUM / DE
Group leader Molecular Modeling, Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at TUM / DE
More than Taste? The Role of Sweet Taste Perception in Metabolic and Appetite Regulation
Barbara Lieder
Chair of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Hohenheim / DE
Cellular Chemosensation: Driving Next-Generation Consumer Taste and Well-Being
Jakob Ley1 & Veronika Somoza2
1Senior Director, Flavor Science & Analytical Service Center, Research & Technology, Food & Beverage · Taste, Nutrition & Health, Symrise AG Holzminden / DE
2Head of the Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna / AUT
Head of Research Section Metabolic Function, Chemoreception and Biosignals, Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at TUM / DE
6:00 – 6:15 p.m. Take-home messages from all presenters & closing remarks
