Broadcast Date: December 3, 2025 | 9:00am - 10:00am Central
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Webinar Summary
Join us for a special SSP Scientific Webinar featuring award-winning researchers from the SSP and Pangborn communities. Each speaker will share a short highlight of their research — uncovering fresh insights, breakthrough methods, and future directions shaping sensory and consumer science.
Webinar Presenters
Morgan Failla
The Pennsylvania State University
Morgan Failla is a Ph.D. candidate at The Pennsylvania State University studying Food Science and International Agriculture and Development. Her research explores how people perceive and accept novel foods, through the lens of cell-cultivated meat. Specifically, she investigates how different label terms influence consumer emotions, understanding, and choice. Combining qualitative insights with quantitative data, Morgan seeks to identify facilitators and barriers of novel food acceptance.
Sofia Trentanove
PhD Student in Food Science and Technology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Sam Hoffman
Nestle Research and Development
