Post-doctoral Fellow (Food Science), Cornell University, 2010
PhD (Food Science), Cornell University, 2009
BS (Microbiology), University of Wyoming, 2004
BS (Molecular Biology), University of Wyoming, 2004
Affiliations
International Association of Food Protection, member
Indiana Environmental Health Association, IAFP delegate
American Society for Microbiology, member
Conference for Food Protection (CFP)
Food Protection Trends Editorial Board
Teaching
FS 361 Food Plant Sanitation (1 credit)
FS 362 Food Microbiology (3 credits)
FS 363-01 and -02 Food Microbiology Laboratory (2 credits)
FS 654 Graduate Food Microbiology (1 credit)
Research
Persistence, prevalence, and transmission of foodborne pathogens in retail food systems; development of intervention strategies to improve food safety in retail food operations. Elucidation of stress response and virulence mechanisms of foodborne pathogens using molecular methods, tissue culture, and animal models; application of RNA-Sequencing technology to map transcriptional profiles of foodborne pathogens.
Current Graduate Students and Research Lab Members
Gurpreet Kaur