Microbiology: Education, R&D and Market

Rick Falkenberg has completed his PhD from University California San Diego. Senior Principal Scientist at Nestle Nutrition R&D in Fremont Michigan USA. His expertise is diverse with food microbiology, pasteurization/sterilization process validation, the ability to conduct TDT, Temperature Distribution, Heat Penetration

testing, electronic controls, record keeping, and process bio-validation for various products including low moisture foods. He has published several papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute. He has seven (7) patents, multiple awards, Fellow of the Royal Society of Health (1992), ΦTΣ - Phi Tau Sigma, The Honour Society of Food Science and Technology (2017).