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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Provide regulatory guidance, insights, and strategic direction for the export and distribution of animal food (feed) in international markets.- Collaborate with international business partners and relevant government entities to ensure regulatory compliance in international trade.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Provided food safety guidance for application and product group teams- Developed and updated SOP and HACCP plans- Maintained working knowledge of USDA, FDA, and Federal regulations- Conducted internal audits to assess internal Food Safety practices- Implemented Food Safety programs to ensure Food Safety and Quality of incoming materials- Ensured Food Safety documentation was controlled, complete, accurate and current- Worked on Food Safety practices and cGMP training… Show more - Provided food safety guidance for application and product group teams- Developed and updated SOP and HACCP plans- Maintained working knowledge of USDA, FDA, and Federal regulations- Conducted internal audits to assess internal Food Safety practices- Implemented Food Safety programs to ensure Food Safety and Quality of incoming materials- Ensured Food Safety documentation was controlled, complete, accurate and current- Worked on Food Safety practices and cGMP training of current personnel Show less

Project: Evaluation of antimicrobial-coated surfaces to decrease bacterial survival - Implemented AOAC protocols to determine the efficacy of antimicrobials in food environments - Studied antimicrobial effectiveness on different surfaces and against different bacteriaProject: Development of a wireless time-temperature sensor to identify temperature abuse conditions in retail products - Proved time-temperature sensors to describe the history of food products… Show more Project: Evaluation of antimicrobial-coated surfaces to decrease bacterial survival - Implemented AOAC protocols to determine the efficacy of antimicrobials in food environments - Studied antimicrobial effectiveness on different surfaces and against different bacteriaProject: Development of a wireless time-temperature sensor to identify temperature abuse conditions in retail products - Proved time-temperature sensors to describe the history of food products accurately- Completed Listeria monocytogenes growth curves on different retail products under different time-temperature profiles - Analyzed data to create a preliminary growth model to predict bacteria concentration based on time-temperature historyProject: Clostridium difficile detection from environmental samples - Designed a probe-based multiplexed qPCR for the detection of C. difficile from surfaces - Validated the molecular detection method using variable strains and concentrations of the bacteria- Isolated and confirmed the bacteria from environmental samples using anaerobe culture techniques and fingerprinting methods Show less

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Project: On-Chip PMA labeling for detection of viable bacteria - Fabricated microfluidic chips with multilayer soft lithography techniques - Performed experiments for the detection of viable food pathogens using qLAMP and qPCR Project: Point-of-care sepsis diagnosis - Conducted comparative experiments for blood cell population profiling using standard flow-cytometry and microfluidic impedance spectroscopy

Master'S Degree, Food Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General