Dr Gie Liem is a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University at the school of Exercise and Nutrition Science. He previously was a project leader and researcher at Wageningen University, Unilever Research (the Netherlands) and the Monell Chemical Senses Center (US). He published 15 peer reviewed papers and 2 book chapters on food choice and taste development of children. He is a reviewer for leading journals such as Appetite, Food Quality and Preference and the International Journal of Physical Activity and Behavioural Nutrition. He currently co-leads the Sensory Science Group at Deakin University and Chairs the Faculty Student Experience Committee.
HSN103 Undergraduate unit, Food: the environment and the consumer, Unit Chair
Research interests include sensory science, salt taste, food choice of children and behavioural nutrition
Awards and prizes
2004 Selected participant of the ENLP
2003 Travel Award AChemS
2003 Travel Award AChemS
2002 Travel Award European Sensory Network
Memberships
Dieticians Association of Australia
Service to the University, discipline or community
Member of the research committee
Deputy course coordinator Food and Nutrition
Chair of the Faculty Student Experience Committee
Conferences
Liem DG. The sensory world of children. Invited oral presentation AIFST, Sydney 2011
Raelene Torr & Liem DG. Liking, wanting & parental strategies as determinant of children’s vegetable consumption, NSA, Perth 2010
Liem DG, & Cheung PW. Wanting and liking as predictors of children’s vegetable consumption, NSA, Perth 2010
Liem DG . Children’s world of taste. New Zealand/Australia Sensory and Consumer Science Symposium. Sydney 2010, Australia
Liem DG & Zandstra EH. Children’s boredom of snack products: Influence of shape and flavour Annual meeting of the Nutrition Society Australia, Adelaide 2008, Australia
Liem DG, Zandstra Influence of nutritional messages front of pack on consumers’ perception of soup. Poster presentationAnnual meeting of the Nutrition Society Australia, Adelaide 2009, Australia
Liem DG, de Graaf C, Mennella JA. Delicious acidity. 8th Congress of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry, Amsterdam 2006, the Netherlands. Invited oral presentation
Liem DG , de Graaf C, Mennella JA. Sour taste preferences of children. Oral presentation Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium, Harrogate 2005, UK
Liem DG, Van Den Elshout J., Lam K and De Graaf C. Sweet and sour preferences in young children and adults: role of repeated exposure. Poster presentation. Chemical Senses 2003; 28, 552. Sarasota, Florida 2003, USA
Liem DG, Mennella JA. Heightened sour preferences during childhood. Chemical Senses 2002; 27, A43. Poster presentation AchemS, Sarasota, Florida, 2000 USA