Dr. Julien Delarue is an Associate Professor at UC-Davis and a leading expert in the field of sensory perception and food design. His research focuses on developing high validity consumer-oriented methods to measure sensory perception and preferences, with a particular emphasis on the role of context in hedonic measures utilizing immersive environments and digital technologies. He has served as the Chair of both the French Society for Sensory Analysis (SFAS) and the European Sensory Science Society (E3S) and seeks to understand the sensory determinants of food preferences and drive healthy and sustainable food behaviors through his research.