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Microbiology – Food Technology
Fields of teaching
- Microbiology
- Food Hygiene
- Processing, storage and stability of food
- Raw materials for food processing
Supervision of student projects on food quality, product development, quality management, and water quality; regular teaching visits at partner universities
Main fields of interest in research & development, and of student projects supervised
- Control of microbiological risks in the food chain: Behaviour of pathogens in food; risk assessment and risk management, with emphasis on food safety assurance systems in small and medium enterprises, and on meat processing
- Spoilage flora and shelf life of food, in particular, fresh produce
- Microbiological and DNA-based methods for assessment of quality and safety of food and water: Cost-effective applications, measurement uncertainty
- Environmental hygiene and microbiology of recycling processes
Responsibilities at Fulda University of Applied Sciences
- Dean (1992-94), Vice-Dean (1990-92, 2000-2002), Member of the Examination Board (1990-, chairman 2002-5), Study Dean (since 2005)
- Department Coordinator (1990-, 2005- with focus on food business and food sciences); Initiation of various cooperations in the ERASMUS/SOCRATES framework
- Course Leader (at Fulda University of Applied Sciences) for the MSc Course „International Food Business and Consumer Studies“ (offered jointly with Kassel University)
- Member of the Commission for Study and Teaching of Fulda University of Applied Sciences
Other memberships
- Member of the Committee for Hygiene of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
- Member of national (VAAM, DGHM) and international (SfAM, ASM) microbiological societies
- Member of working group on Microbiological Specifications for Foods, associated with the DGHM
- Member of working group on the safety of quality of water, associated with fbr e.V., Darmstadt
- Editorial Board of journal “Food Control”
References
- Member in „Ernährungswirtschaftliches Forum“ at the State Government of Hessen
- Auditor for slaughtering and butchering plants participating in the programme „CMA-Prüfsiegel”
- Expert opinion on “Electrical Stunning of Cattle”, “Use of nitrite in the processing of organic meat” and “Botulism”
- Research project „Greywater and cistern water use at Kassel-Hasenhecke"
- Research project „Biogas plans in ‚Biosphärenreservat Rhön’ – Hygienic aspects of co-fermentation"
- Research projects on „Analysis of microbial colonization and shelf life of organically and conventionally produced vegetables“ and „Curing agents in organic meats“, supported by the Bundesprogramm Ökologischer Landbau
- Member of a Committee on modularisation and introduction of ECTS in Departments of agricultural, nutritional, food and/or environmental sciences at various universities
