Portrait of Harold Schmitz
Advisory Board Member

Harold Schmitz

Founding General Partner, The March Group Senior Scholar, Graduate School of Management, UC Davis Chief Science Officer, Retired, Mars, Incorporated

Chair, Industrial Advisory Board

A 20-year veteran at Mars, Visiting Professor Harold Schmitz has been chief science officer since 2005. His responsibilities include strategy development, program alignment and quality control of the company’s multidisciplinary scientific research programs. He has previously held various positions within Mars in scientific and regulatory affairs, fundamental research, analytical and applied sciences and corporate functions.

Schmitz joined the Graduate School of Management community in August 2013 to focus on business innovation in food and agriculture as a Senior Scholar in Management, which recognizes both his success in his career and his scholarly work, having published more than 50 peer-reviewed academic publications. He spoke about the "Business of Chocolate" as a Dean’s Distinguished Speaker in October 2013.

Early in his career, Schmitz developed a long-term collaboration with the Department of Nutrition at UC Davis, and this relationship remains one of the cornerstones that has catalyzed the broader relationship between Mars, Inc. and the university.

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AIFS Publications

  • A thumbnail of the journal or conference cover of Chardonnay Marc as a New Model for Upcycled Co-products in the Food Industry: Concentration of Diverse Natural Products Chemistry for Consumer Health and Sensory Benefits
    Journal Article ⏐ J. Agric. Food Chem. 2022

    Chardonnay Marc As a New Model for Upcycled Co-products in the Food Industry: Concentration of Diverse Natural Products Chemistry for Consumer Health and Sensory Benefits

    Holt, Roberta R,Daniela Barile,Selina C Wang,John P Munafo,Torey Arvik,Xueqi Li,Fanny Lee,Carl L Keen,Ilias Tagkopoulos,and Harold H Schmitz
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c04519
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