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New Director of Cereals

Dr Sam Millar has been appointed Director of the Cereals and Cereal Processing Division at Campden BRI. Sam is extremely well known in the cereals industry, having worked closely with member companies, other clients, the cereals research sector and funding bodies, and sector groups such as nabim and HGCA.

He joined Campden BRI in 1996 from INRA (l´Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) in Nantes, France, where he worked on the use of near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy for the control of extrusion cooking. He subsequently won the Heinz Travelling Scholarship for Scientific and Technical Excellence for his work on the use of NIR in the measurement of quality in wheat flour and dough development, and has held senior positions in both the milling and baking functions of the division.

Sam was recently elected on to the Executive Committee of the International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC), and is a fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) and a member of the American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC).

Contact: Sam Miller
+44(0)1386 842157
s.millar@campden.co.uk