Julia has recently joined SAM Sensory and Consumer Research as Research Manager, Germany. Before joining SAM, Julia graduated with a doctoral degree in Food Science & Technology from the University of Florence. Her research focused on the role of emotions, personality traits, and sensory sensitivity in children’s food preferences as part of the EU-funded project “Edulia - Bringing down barriers to children’s healthy eating”.    Julia holds a master’s degree in Human Nutrition and worked as a research assistant at the Department of Design & Consumer Behavior at the University of Copenhagen, where she conducted research on children’s food preferences and developed research-based teaching material within sensory science for primary schools.    Julia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliasick/   To learn more about Aigora, please visit www.aigora.com