QUANTITATIVE MICROBIOLOGY IN FOOD PROCESSING - MODELING THE MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Prof. Dr. Anderson de Souza Sant'Ana, Department of Food science, Faculty of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Anderson de Souza Sant'Ana is an Industrial Chemist, Master and PhD in Food Science. As an Industrial Chemist his interests are focused on the microbiological aspects involving the handling and transformation of raw materials into processed food products. He has authored more than 40 articles in international referred journals and is reviewer of more than 40 scientific peer-reviewed journals in food science area. Currently, he is editor-in-chief of Food Research International, Regional editor (South America) of the British Food Journal, associate editor of Acta Amazonica, handling editor of Journal of Applied Microbiology (Wiley) and Letters in Applied Microbiology (Wiley), and editorial board member of Food Bioscience (Elsevier) and Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Wiley). Currently, he is Professor of Food Microbiology, in the Faculty of Food Engineering at University of Campinas in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he teaches Microbiology of Food Processing, Thermobacteriology Applied to Food Processing, and Microbiology and Fermentations for undergraduate course in Food Engineering, and Quantitative Microbiology of Food Processing and Quantitative Aspects of Food Stability and Safety for the Graduation Program in Food Science.