Date/Time
Date(s) - Fri 21 August
12:00
Location
Cotton COLT122, VUW
John Brooks is a microbiologist, specialising in food microbiology. On graduation he spent a period of time working at ICI UK, helping to develop the methanol-based Single Cell Protein process. He did a PhD in biochemical engineering at Sydney University, continuing his work on C1 metabolism. He then took up a position at Massey University, teaching food microbiology, and remained there for 30 years, eventually concentrating on biofilm research. After a period as Visiting Professor at Hong Kong University, and Professor of Food Microbiology at Auckland University of Technology, John is now retired and holds the position of Adjunct Professor at AUT. He has consulted extensively for the food and process industries and is a Fellow of NZIFST. John was elected New Zealand Microbiology Society Orator for 2015. His Safe Food blog has received 210,000 hits so far. He owns microTech Services Limited, a consulting company with wide ranging interests, both in the food industry and aviation.