I am a microbial food safety scientist with over eight years of experience as an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida, leading applied research at the intersection of microbiology, quantitative risk assessment, and risk reduction. My work focuses on understanding pathogen persistence, transfer, and inactivation across food, water, soil, and contact surfaces, particularly for high-consequence hazards such as human norovirus. I develop predictive and kinetic models in R to translate laboratory data into risk-based decision tools that support hazard ranking, mitigation strategy design, and evidence-based food safety systems.