Simoun Rainier Luis Bayudan
PhD student

Department of agricultural economics
Agri-food marketing and consumer behavior
Ghent University
Coupure links 653
Office A1.---
9000 Ghent, Belgium
 simounrainierluis.bayudan@ugent.be

Bio

Simoun is a doctoral researcher in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Ghent University. Coming from the Philippines, his interests lie in nutrition and consumer behavior studies in an international context. He is also a Philippine licensed nutritionist-dietitian and he has participated in advocacy work related to food security and sustainability.

Research

Simoun’s current research is anchored on the H2020 project CROPDIVA, which aims to study underutilized arable crops and how they can be incorporated into sustainable consumer diets. Throughout the course of this project, novel food products will be created and subjected to consumer sensory testing.

Prior to this, he worked on a similar H2020 project, Smart Protein, where he explored physical and digital environments affecting plant-based food consumption using quantitative methods. Furthermore, Simoun is also familiar with qualitative research approaches, having conducted field studies through community-based participatory methods in the public health nutrition landscape of the Philippines.

Keywords

• Consumer Behavior
• Sustainable Diets
• Alternative Proteins
• Novel Food Products
• Sensory Analysis

Education

Simoun holds a BSc degree in Community Nutrition from the University of the Philippines. He then proceeded to take his MSc degree in Food Science through the Erasmus Mundus program in various European academic institutes. He also accomplished professional certifications in food preparation and food safety management.

Publications/Research ID

• ORCID ID