Associate Vice Provost, International Programs

Jean-Xavier is Professor of Sensory Science in the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis.

Jean-Xavier Guinard was trained as a Food Engineer in France and later received a Master’s Degree in Food Science with an Enology Emphasis, and a Ph.D. in Microbiology, both from UC Davis. He was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition at Penn State before coming back to UC Davis 14 years ago. Jean-Xavier Guinard is a sensory scientist and a consumer researcher. His research focuses on the sensory properties of foods and beverages, how humans perceive them, and how they affect food choice and intake, and consumer behavior. He teaches undergraduate, graduate and extension food science, sensory science and consumer science courses. In 1998, he served as Head of Consumer research with the Danone Group in France.

Jean-Xavier Guinard was a member and then Chair of the Academic Senate Committee on International Studies and Exchanges (CISE) at UC Davis from 1999-2003, and he served as the UC Davis Representative on the University Committee on International Education (UCIE). He was a member of the joint UOIP and Academic Senate Task Force on Internationalizing the Curriculum, and he co-chaired the joint UOEAP and Academic Senate Task Force on EAP Study Centers. In 2005 and 2006, he served as Study Center Director of the University of California’s Education Abroad Program in Madrid, Spain.