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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