Full Name
Shirin Abd
Job Title
Technical Director of the Advanced Food Microbiology Group
Company
Eurofins
Speaker Bio
Shirin Abd, with over 15 years of expertise in food safety research, serves as Technical Director in the Eurofins Advanced Food Microbiology Group. She provides food safety consultation to food companies and equipment manufacturers, to assist with developing strategies to comply with food safety regulatory and FSMA requirements. Shirin's educational background is in chemistry, with a Bachelor of Science degree from Tehran University, followed by the second Bachelor’s degree in Food Science and a Master’s degree in Food Microbiology, both from the University of California, Davis. Shirin's leadership includes overseeing complex food safety projects and evaluating a range of conventional thermal processes with a focus on low water activity foods, novel technologies, and chemical treatments as pathogen control measures. Shirin has co-authored two book chapters and contributed to numerous peer-reviewed publications in food safety and microbiology journals.