Windsor, Calif.—Hend Letaief is the new technical director of Enartis USA. In the new position, Letaief will coordinate all technical aspects of Enartis USA and work closely with lab manager Max Burmeister. Letaief will coordinate technical support provided by the company’s team of winemakers and application specialists, manage research projects developed by Enartis in the Unites States, lead education programs through the company’s workshops and seminars and administer the internal training of the Enartis USA sales team.

Letaief grew up in Tunisia and formed a fascination for wine chemistry when she was studying food engineering. After moving to Europe, she earned a master’s in viticulture and enology from Montpellier SupAgro and a doctorate in food science and technology from the University of Turin. Letaief joined California State University, Fresno in 2013 as an assistant professor of wine chemistry and worked on projects related to oxygen management, grape texture and phenolic extractability. She is the author of Winemaking Process in Valorization of Winemaking By-Products and Texture Analysis for the Definition of Wine Grape Quality.