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Hervé This

French food scientist · France · On the map · Scientists · Born 1955 · age 71

Hervé This, sometimes named Hervé This-Benckhard or Hervé This vo Kientza, is a French physical chemist who works for the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique at AgroParisTech, in Paris, France.

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Sonning Prize2025
D'Alembert Prize1985
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Officer of Arts and Letters
Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms
Officer of the Order of Agricultural Merit
Golden Pretzel

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His main area of scientific research is molecular and physical gastronomy, that is the science that studies culinary transformations.

Country
France
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1955 · age 71

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