Area(s) of Expertise

Food microbiology; shellfish safety; human enteric viruses; pathogenic Vibrios; microbiological risk assessment.

Publications

• Microbiological risk assessment of viruses in foods. Part 2: Prevention and intervention measures , FAO; WHO; eBooks (2026)
• Rapid inactivation kinetics of a broad range of viruses on a continuously self-cleaning polymer surface , Bioactive Materials (2026)
• Toward the next generation of quantitative microbial risk assessment , Frontiers in Science (2026)
• Detection of foodborne viruses in berries – State of science and future considerations , Food Control (2025)
• P-414. From Anecdotal to Analytical: Correlating Self-Reported Norovirus-Like Illness with Epidemiological Data , Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2025)
• Antibiotic-Resistance Genes and Mobile Genetic Elements in Free-DNA with Transformational Capacity are Present in the Cantaloupe Melon Production Environment , Food Biotechnology (2024)
• Combined Infection Control Interventions Protect Essential Food Workers from Occupational Exposures to SARS-CoV-2 in the Agricultural Environment , Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2023)
• Evaluation of a novel chlorine dioxide-based packaging technology to reduce human enteric virus contamination on refrigerated tomatoes and blueberries , Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (2023)
• Comparative Assessment of the Efficacy of Commercial Hand Sanitizers Against Human Norovirus Evaluated by an in vivo Fingerpad Method , Frontiers in Microbiology (2022)
• Cross-Contamination to Surfaces in Consumer Kitchens with MS2 as a Tracer Organism in Ground Turkey Patties , Journal of Food Protection (2022)