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2025 'IDF Professor Pavel Jelen Early Career Scientist Prize' Awarded

The International Dairy Federation (IDF) has honored young scientists whose research makes a vital contribution to the development of a sustainable and innovative dairy sector:

🥇 Zheng Zhao (University of Alberta, Canada) for work on the optimization of fermentation cultures for sustainable dairy production.
🥈 Mengxiao Yang (Riddet Institute, Massey University & Fonterra R&D Centre, New Zealand) for the project "Milk Protein-Enzyme Interactions: Mechanistic Insights into Gastric Digestion and Implications for Dairy Processing".
🥉 Markos Managos (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden) for research on greenhouse gas emissions and dairy cow feeding systems.

Congratulations to the laureates and best wishes for continued success in their scientific work supporting the future of global dairy!