Michèle Lees

When Michèle joined Eurofins in the early 1990s after a PhD in Molecular Chemistry, little did she think that the young start-up from the University of Nantes would become the international group of analytical laboratories that it is today. The laboratory’s focus then was on developing stable isotope analyses to check the authenticity of foods and beverages. Having both coordinated and participated in several EU-funded projects on food authenticity, Michèle’s research efforts are now concentrated on the latest non-targeted analytical approaches as an early warning to identify food fraud risk. She adds, “In over 25 years of working in the field of food authenticity and the development of new methods to detect food fraud, keeping up with those analytical chemists tempted by the Dark Side has always been the greatest challenge!”