INFORM May 2026

AOCS Updates INFORM 13

2026-2027 AOCS DIVISION LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBERS

LIPID OXIDATION & QUALITY CHAIR Marc Pignitter VICE CHAIR Ignacio Vieitez SECRETARY OF EDUCATION Victoria Acevedo SECRETARY OF MEMBERSHIP Han Peng STUDENT LIAISON Ravinder Singh AT-LARGE Fernanda Dias AT-LARGE Drew Elder PHOSPHOLIPIDS CHAIR Andrea Stange VICE CHAIR Gulustan Ozturk SECRETARY OF EDUCATION Prasuna Desam SECRETARY OF MEMBERSHIP Gozde Gulseren AT-LARGE Luis McDougal PROCESSING CHAIR Juliana Bell VICE CHAIR Vinay Patel SECRETARY OF EDUCATION Scott Korte SECRETARY OF MEMBERSHIP Gozde Gulseren STUDENT LIAISON Neeraj Ghangas AT-LARGE Chris Knight

PROTEIN & CO-PRODUCTS CHAIR Kaustav Majumder VICE CHAIR Nandika Bandara SECRETARY OF EDUCATION Yonghui Li SECRETARY OF MEMBERSHIP Bishnu Karki STUDENT LIAISON Harshani Hewage AT-LARGE Mahfuzur Rahman AT-LARGE Thilini Dissanayake SURFACTANTS & DETERGENTS CHAIR Hongwei Shen VICE CHAIR Lucas Moore SECRETARY OF EDUCATION Jason Zhang SECRETARY OF MEMBERSHIP Julian Barnes STUDENT LIAISON Surani Weerasundarage AT-LARGE Aslin Izmitli AT-LARGE Will Shearouse

SECRETARY OF MEMBERSHIP Lidia Herrera STUDENT LIAISON Vidheesha Abeysinghe AT-LARGE Oluwafemi Coker AT-LARGE Ozan Ciftci HEALTH & NUTRITION CHAIR Rinat Ran-Ressler VICE CHAIR Vermont Dia SECRETARY OF EDUCATION Prabhashis Bose SECRETARY OF MEMBERSHIP Cristina Chairez STUDENT LIAISON Timilehin Oluwajuyitan AT-LARGE Ren Wang AT-LARGE Emerson Nolasco AT-LARGE Hongbing Fan INDUSTRIAL OIL PRODUCTS CHAIR Majher Sarker VICE CHAIR BK Sharma SECRETARY OF EDUCATION Shanon Terry SECRETARY OF MEMBERSHIP DeMichael Winfield STUDENT LIAISON Tharushi Samarasinghe

ANALYTICAL CHAIR Giorgia Purcaro VICE CHAIR Lisa Clement SECRETARY OF EDUCATION Yao Lu SECRETARY OF MEMBERSHIP Frederic Destaillats STUDENT LIAISON Shimani Attygale AT-LARGE Francesca Giuffrida AT-LARGE Zainab Husain BIOTECHNOLOGY CHAIR Sarah Moran VICE CHAIR Monica Henry SECRETARY OF EDUCATION Ian Fleming SECRETARY OF MEMBERSHIP Laura Castellanos-Suarez STUDENT LIAISON Kofi Oduro AT-LARGE Anto Charles AT-LARGE Nadeem Akhtar EDIBLE APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CHAIR Serpil Metin VICE CHAIR Andrew Gravelle SECRETARY OF EDUCATION Purlen Sezer Okur