Annchen Mielmann has expertise in Food-, Sensory- and Consumer Sciences with specialisation in the factors (sensory and non-sensory) that influence consumers’ food choices to strive for healthy and sustainable food consumption. In 2018, she completed the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for postdoctoral studies at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH-HAFL) in Switzerland. In 2024 she completed the COMFOCUS Research Scholarship at the University of Goettingen, Germany. In 2024 she received the NWU Faculty of Health Sciences Teaching Award and the UFS Chancellor’s Distinguished Cum Laude Award. In 2025 she served as a Guest Editor for a special issue on Sustainable Food Systems for the South African Journal of Science. She is registered as a Natural Scientist at the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP).