SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agilent Technologies. (NYSE: A) today announced that Chris Elliott has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award. Dr. Elliott is Professor of Food Safety in the School of Biological Sciences and founder of the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland. The award recognizes his contributions to the field of food authenticity and the development of novel approaches to the detection of food fraud. Professor Chris Elliott (Photo: Business Wire) Professor Elliott is a globally recognized expert on international food supply chains and the implications for food quality, authenticity, integrity, and safety. The award includes an Agilent 1290 Infinity II LC System coupled with a 6546 LC-Q/TOF, a 7850 ICP-MS instrument, and sample preparation and analysis consumables. The award will support Professor Elliott and his team in developing innovative analytical approaches that will help solve complex food authenticity challenges, focusing on making complex test methods more routine and easier to use.