Rasmus Bro

Rasmus Bro is a Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Sciences, and leads the Design and Consumer Behavior section within the Department of Food Science. He is a world-renowned expert in chemometrics and machine learning applied to analytical chemistry and food supply chain optimization.

• Research Focus: Chemometrics, Process Analytical Technology (PAT), multi-way analysis, fluorescence spectroscopy, and data-driven modeling of biological systems
• Teaching: Director of the International MSc course Advanced Chemometrics and International PhD School of Chemometrics (12 ECTS annually)
• Leadership: Founder and leader of the ODIN research consortium (2001–), connecting academia and industry (Arla, Dupont, Chr. Hansen)

His work bridges machine learning with analytical chemistry to enhance food quality and safety. He has developed open-source MATLAB toolboxes for multi-way analysis and maintains key web resources like ChemoBro and Chemometrics World.

Scientific Awards:

• 10th Herman Wold Gold Medal (2011)
• Nils Foss Excellence Prize (2016)
• IEEE Best Paper Award (2001)
• Elsevier Chemometrics Award (2000)
• PhD Cum Laude (University of Amsterdam, 1998)

Beyond academia, Bro co-founded MedicoMetrics Aps and serves as a consultant to firms like Foss Analytical and Eigenvector Research. His 2003 US Patent on biological sample classification remains widely cited.