Simeon Stoyanov

Dr. Simeon Stoyanov is a Foods, Chemicals, and Biotechnology professor at Singapore Institute of Technology. He has over 20 years of industrial R&D experience in Unilever and Henkel, supervising R&D teams, and has an in-depth grasp of product formulation as well as knowledge of raw material functionality, product formulation, and processing in the foods, home and personal care, and pharmaceutical industries. He has spent the previous 17 years at Unilever R&D in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, holding positions such as Director of Advanced Materials, Leader of Unilever Global Strategic Partnerships, Senior Scientists, technical NPD project leader, and R&D team leader.

Prof Stoyanov also serves as a special chair professor at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, as a visiting professor at University College London in the United Kingdom, and as an adjunct professor at North Carolina State University in the United States. He is the co-inventor of over 80 patents and the co-author of 130 high-profile peer-reviewed publications. Prof. Stoyanov's research interests include applied elements of colloid and interface science and soft matter, foams and emulsion formulation and control, interfacial rheology, active encapsulation and delivery, nanotechnology, and the development of functional food and pharmaceutical products.