Frank DEVLIEGHERE

Professor in food microbiology and food preservation, fish and meat technology at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (Ghent University, Be)

He is now responsible for the research in the field of food preservation with the following main research topics: predictive microbiology, microbial spoilage mechanisms, microbial risk assessment, new decontamination techniques, microbial aspects of food packaging, mild preservation, preventive preservation measures towards mycotoxin production, chemical preservation of food products. His laboratory aims at answering to societal challenges regarding worldwide safe food and food waste by creating quantitative and qualitative insights in the behavior of micro-organisms (pathogens and spoilage) in the entire food chain (from farm to fork).

He also is a member of the scientific committee of Spoilers 2017