Markus Herderich is the AWRI’s Director of Research. His research focus is on aroma and wine chemistry, analytical chemistry and natural product chemistry, and metabolomics. In 2000, he received the Kurt-Täufel Award as Outstanding Early Scientist from the German Society of Food Chemistry.  Markus is a Certified Food Chemist, he obtained a PhD from the University of Würzburg, Germany, and has been an Affiliate Associate Professor at The University of Adelaide since 2001. Markus has authored or co-authored more than 140 papers including book chapters, peer-reviewed articles and technical reports in industry journals, and is a member of the following societies: Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Australian Society of Viticulture and Oenology, German Chemical Society, German Society of Food Chemistry, and American Chemical Society.