The grand jury is assembled for the 2025 C&T Allē Awards and includes familiar top-trusted industry experts and bright new additions. We're so lucky to have some of the best of the best, who will review and rate your latest and greatest beauty innovations — and whether you win, place or show, the C&T Allē Awards program uniquely provides entrants with direct feedback from the judges.
Submit today - the entry portal is open!
Meet the 2025 C&T Allē Awards Jury
- Gabriella Baki, Ph.D., Director of BSPS Cosmetic Science & Formulation Design Program, University of Toledo
- Sudhir Baswan, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Amway
- Julie Bianchini, Ph.D., R&D Manager, Skin Health & Beauty, Kenvue
- Mark Chandler, President, ACT Solutions Corp.
- Marie Drago, Founder, Gallinée Microbiome Skincare
- Tomonobu Ezure, Fellow, Shiseido MIRAI Technology Institute
- Victoria Fu, Co-Founder, Chemist Confessions, Inc.
- Mindy Goldstein, Ph.D., Founder, Dr. Mindy Goldstein Consulting
- Hemali Gunt, Ph.D., Head of Clinical and Scientific Affairs, Burt's Bees
- Mauricio Guzmán Alonso, Senior Formulation Scientist, Belcorp
- Greg Hillebrand, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cosmetic Science, University of Cincinnati
- Shilpi Jain, Founder, Skinveda
- John Jiménez, Senior Researcher, Belcorp
- Emma Kohring, Global Scientific Communications Leader, Kenvue
- Danilo Lambino, Founder, Formulae8
- Stephanie Lee, CEO and Founder, selfmade
- Robert Lochhead, Ph.D., Director and Professor Emeritus of Polymer Science/Founder, University of So. Mississippi/Robert Lochhead Consulting LLC
- Nattaya Lourith, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cosmetic Science, Mae Fah Luang University
- Lorne Lucree, Senior Vice President of Global Innovation, Tatcha/Unilever
- Irwin Palefsky, President/CEO, Cosmetech Labs
- Les Smith, Ph.D., Chief Scientific and Regulatory Officer/Founder, La Perla Beauty/LCS2 LLC Consulting
- Akshay Talati, Pharm.D., Vice President, New Product Development and Innovation, goop
- Peter Tsolis, Vice President of R&D, The Estée Lauder Cos.
- Amy Wyatt, VP, Research & Development,Regulatory Affairs, & Quality Assurance, CHANEL
Key to Winning
Our esteemed panel of experts will review entries based on eight key attributes, including:
- Novelty
- Effectiveness
- Practicality/Utility
- Sustainability
- Safety/Stability
- Quality of Design
- Relevance
- Significance
Show them "your stuff" and submit today — the Early Bird rate ends July 1.
About the Allēs
The C&T Allē Awards bring behind-the-scenes beauty innovation into the spotlight – ranging from cosmetic ingredients and formulas, to testing methods/tools, digital technologies and consumer beauty devices.
