Nutrition data lead
Who is Dr. Amelia Novak? Nutrition data lead at Food Tracker Compass
Nutrition data lead & micronutrient validation
PhD Food Science, Wageningen University · Amsterdam, Netherlands · she/her
Amelia is the source of truth for nutrient data at Food Tracker Compass. She joined in 2024 from the Open Food Facts data-quality working group, where she spent three years building cross-validation pipelines between crowd-sourced packaged-food data and authoritative composition databases. Before that she was a research associate at the European Food Safety Authority. She owns the Database and Nutrients categories in our weighted rubric, and every micronutrient claim on the site is signed off by her.
What is Dr. Amelia Novak's area of expertise?
Food composition databasesMicronutrient analysisUSDA FDC validationPackaged-food data quality
Where did Dr. Amelia Novak study?
- PhD, Food Science — Wageningen University & Research (2018)
- MSc, Human Nutrition — University of Copenhagen (2013)
Where has Dr. Amelia Novak worked previously?
- Senior Data Scientist, Open Food Facts — Data quality working group · 2021 – 2024
- Research Associate, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) — Composition data · 2018 – 2021
- Visiting Scholar, USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center · 2017
What has Dr. Amelia Novak published?
- Cross-Validation of Crowd-Sourced Food Databases Against USDA FoodData Central — Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2023
- Hidden Sodium in Packaged Foods: A European Multi-Country Survey — Public Health Nutrition, 2022
What food tracking topics does Dr. Amelia Novak research?
Food composition databases, micronutrient analysis, packaged-food data quality.
