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Education

Located within the University of Tasmania School of Agricultural Science, the FSC’s Education program has a long history in Food Microbiology beginning with the research of Professors June Olley, David Ratkowsky and Tom McMeekin in the 1970s. Today, the FSC is recognised as a national and international leader in food microbiology education.

The FSC offers undergraduate units in Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, and Advanced Food Safety Management (fully on-line).

Postgraduate degrees include a PhD in Food Microbiology and Master of Applied Science (Microbiology).

Academic Staff

Professor Mark Tamplin
Associate Professor John Bowman
Associate Professor Tom Ross
Dr Lyndal Mellefont
Dr Shane Powell
Dr Bob Dambergs

Students (current)

Chris Chapman
Mark DePannone
Judith Fernandez
Chawalit (Jay) Kocharunchitt
Esta Kokkoris
Rolf Nilsson
Santiago Cuevas Ramirez
Julia Souprounova
Sri-anant (Ann) Wanasen
Siti Shahara Zulfakar

Units

Microbiology and Mycology
Food Microbiology
Applied Environmental Microbiology
Advanced Food Safety Management (on-line)

Honorary Academic Staff

Professor (Emeritus) Tom McMeekin
Professor June Olley
Professor David Ratkowsky
Professor John Sumner
Professor Jozsef Baranyi
Professor Shigenobu Koseki
Professor Andreas Lopata
Professor Jason White
Professor Weihuan Fang
Professor Olivia McQuestin