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The ICNIRS is proud to announce that the Karl Norris Award 2025 will be presented to Prof. Dr. Ana Garrido-Varo (Spain), in recognition of her outstanding lifelong contributions to NIR spectroscopy in education, research, and technology transfer. With a career spanning more than four decades at the Faculty of Agriculture & Forestry Engineering University of

Marena Manley It is with great pleasure that the ICNIRS announces Prof. Marena Manley from South Africa as the recipient of the 2025 Tomas Hirschfeld Award. This year’s award round has been exceptionally competitive, with a remarkable pool of top candidates. The strength of this competition is a great sign for the future of our

The ICNIRS regrets to inform you that Prof. Paul Geladi, the convenor of NIR 2007, passed away Saturday May 18th, 2024 in Umea, Sweden, at the age of 72. We will always remember him and his great contributions to the international NIR community. A memorial page has been setup – please visit and share your

It is a great pleasure to announce that the Karl Norris Award 2023 goes to Professor Harald Martens from Norway. Harald has been instrumental in the development of chemometrics algorithms as a tool for quantitative analysis of NIR spectra. In particular Harald has played a central role in the development of common and omnipresent algorithms

Roger Meder It is a pleasure to announce that the Tomas Hirschfeld Awardee 2023 is Roger Meder from Australia. This award round was very competitive , which is very good news for our scientific community. This year, the THA has been co-funded by SI-ware and the ICNIRS. The award will be presented during the NIR2023

The 23rd edition of the course entitled “Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS): Applications in Quality Control and Traceability of Agri-Food Products and Processes”, was held at the University of Cordoba (Spain), February 13th-16th, 2023. The course was designed for pre and post graduate students, scientists, and professionals with different backgrounds (analytical chemistry, soils science, animal nutrition,

The ICNIRS is now inviting nominations for the 2023 Karl Norris Award (KNA). The KNA honours the unique contribution of Karl Norris as the internationally recognised founder of modern near-infrared spectroscopy. The award is made in recognition of a major contribution to the science of near infrared spectroscopy, including research and development of new technology.

The Council may provide a maximum of two Emeritus Grants, to assist eligible senior scientists, who have retired from full-time paid employment, to attend the NIR-2023 Conference and act as mentors to young scientists, providing research advice in a designated and closed conference session. Applications must be sent by e-mail to Treasure, Dr. Peter Tillman

The ICNIRS offers travel awards for student delegates to participate in the council’s international conference in 2023. Funding for the NIR-2023 conference in Austria is possible because of the donation of profits from the organizers of the NIR-2019 conference in Australia and the NIR-2021 conference in China. The ICNIRS will look most favorably on student

From October 17 to 21, 2022, the Knowledge and valorisation of agricultural products Department of the CRA-W organised its 14th annual training on vibrational spectroscopy and chemometrics. The aim of this annual training is to give an overview of the theoretical and practical issues of both areas for their right application in different working areas

Congratulations Dr. Wouter Saeys from the KU Leuven, Belgium, as the winner of the Tomas Hirschfeld Award (THA) 2022. This award, sponsored by PerkinElmer (USA), is made in recognition of a significant innovative and/or scientific contribution to near infrared spectroscopy. It awarded on the basis of excellence in research conducted by a scientist of international

I would like to express my personal sincere thanks to all the NIRS community for the trust and confidence that they have placed in me to be the new President-elect of the International Council of NIRS (ICNIRS). I must say this is a great honour and a big responsibility. I hope I could contribute to

The award ceremony was taken place in Belgium but was broadcast online at the ICNIRS2021 organized by the China team. Pierre Dardenne (President of ICNIRS 2009-2013) (Right) and Stef D’Espallier, regional sales manager of FOSS Benelux (Left) as the sponsor of the award, presented the award to Vincent Baeten (Middle). More information on website

Prof Yukihiro Ozaki received the Karl Norris Medal during the Online ICNIRS2021 Conference. The ceremony was taken place at Nagoya University where Prof Satoru Tsuchikawa, ICNIRS Council Management Committee (CMC) handed over the medal, flowers and took picture together with his team .

Karl Norris passed away on 17 July 2019, aged 98. The World of Near-infrared Spectroscopy will never be quite the same as when he was with us. A number of his colleagues have sent their personal memories of him, and their comments are posted, in alphabetical order, in the form of a commemorative folder, on

No matter who pens them, nor in which language they are penned, mere words fail to convey the sadness that befell us on July 17th, 2019, when Karl Norris passed away. He became a legend in his own lifetime, long before its end, a legend that will never be surpassed, and created a new world

The Tomas Hirschfeld Award organized by ICNIRS is aiming to make in recognition of a significant contribution to the science of near infrared spectroscopy, including in research and development of new technology by an emerging scientist with the potential to make a major impact in the future. The award had been sponsored by Technicon, Bran+Luebbe

The Karl Norris Award honours the unique contribution of Karl Norris as the internationally recognized founder of near infrared spectroscopy in the modern world. In contrast to the Tomas Hirshfeld Award, which is aimed at younger researchers, this award is aimed at researchers in the later stages of their career, with a sustained record of

In March 2019, the Valorisation of Agricultural Products Department of the CRA-W organised its 12th annual training on vibrational spectroscopy and chemometrics. The aim of this annual training is to give an overview of the theoretical and practical issues of both areas for their right application in different working areas as food and feed research, chemistry

The winner of Tomas Hirschfeld Award 2018 is Professor Christian Huck from the University of Innsbruck, Austria. Christian has developed several NIR-based applications in the field of Material Science, Bioanalysis, Medicinal Plants and Food Quality Control. He has written several milestone publications including the investigation of nanomaterials and rapid blood quality control. Christian has also

In March 2018, the Valorisation of Agricultural Products Department of the CRA-W organised its 11th annual training on vibrational spectroscopy and chemometrics. The aim of this annual training is to give an overview of the theoretical and practical issues of both areas for their right application in food control and food research. At this 2018

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This award honours the unique contribution of Karl Norris as the internationally recognised founder of near infrared spectroscopy in the modern world. The award may be presented to one individual every two years at an ICNIRS Conference, and is in recognition of a major contribution to NIR science by a senior scientist. Pierre had been

17th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy, NIR 2015 The 17th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy organized under the auspicious of the International Council for Near Infrared Spectroscopy (ICNIRS), was held in the Mabu Resort Hotel, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, from 18th to 23rd October, 2015. The theme of the conference, Highlighting South America, emphasizes