Prof. Dr. Indrawati Oey is a Full Professor and the Head of the Food Science Department at the University of Otago. She obtained her Master’s degree and Ph.D. from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and was dubbed a Distinguished Professor by the Institute of Food Science and Technology from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2017. She is currently a Principal Investigator of the Riddet Institute Center for Research Excellence (CoRE) and a Science Leader in the Ngā iwi i Te Rohe o Te Waiariki Working Group for the Māori Aquaculture program. Her research focuses on developing smart processing strategies using conventional and advanced food technologies to create safe and healthier food products with unique sensory characteristics. Understanding consumers' perception and acceptance of food products as well as the processing technologies used is essential to achieving the sustainable production and marketability of food products.