Assistant Safety

APARNA PETKAR

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Center for Food Safety 300 Rogers Rd, Apt R208

University of Georgia Athens, GA 30605

**** ********** ****** 706-***-****

Griffin, GA 30223

770-***-**** (ext: 118)

E-mail: *******@***.***

Education

2007-Present: M.S. in Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia, Athens.

Research interest: Microbiology of foodborne pathogens, food safety and quality

control

Current research: Survival study of Salmonella in organic and conventional

broiler feed at different temperatures and water activities

Supervisor: Dr. Walid Alali, Assistant Professor, Food Epidemiology, Center for

Food Safety, Griffin GA.

2001-2005: B.S. in Dairy Technology, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University,

India, GPA (7.8/10.0). Ranked 1st in the University in Dairy technology

undergraduate program.

Experience

1/2008- Present: Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia,

Griffin, GA 30223

9/2008-10/2008: Substitute teacher, Department of Child and Family Development, University

of Georgia.

4/2007-6/2007: Computer training course on BASIC language, Monalisa Computer Institute,

Nagpur, India

11/2005-9/2006: Industrial training, Ananda Bhandar, Nagpur, India

1/2005-5/2005: Intern, Vasudhara Dairy, Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited,

Nagpur, India.

6/2004-7/2004: Intern, Ajit Bakery, Nagpur, India.

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Awards/Honors: Received two Gold medals for standing first in the order of the highest

cumulative Grade Point Average in B.S.

Professional meetings attended/presented:

Georgia Association for Food Protection (GAFP) meeting held in Atlanta, GA

on September 22nd, 2009.

Poster presentation at Center for Food Safety, University of GA 17th annual

meeting in Atlanta, GA on March 2 -3, 2010. The topic of presentation was

“Survival of Salmonella in organic and conventional broiler feed at different

temperatures and water activities”.

Research expertise

Microbiology: Isolation, identification and characterization of foodborne pathogens with

expertise in Salmonella and E.coli O157:H7.

Isolation and identification of Salmonella spp. from poultry water, feed and fecal

sample.

Dry inoculation technique (chalk) of poultry feed samples

Molecular techniques:

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Quantitative Real Time PCR (qPCR)

Statistical Skills: Experimental design, ANOVA, Single and multiple linear regressions

Strengths: Excellent verbal communication skills, both written and oral.

Self-motivated and hard working.

Comfortable working alone or as part of a team.

Skills: Windows XP, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

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References:

Dr. Walid Alali, Assistant Professor

Center for Food Safety

Dept. Food Science & Technology

University of Georgia

Griffin, GA 30223-1797

Office Phone: 770-***-****

E-Mail:******@***.***

Dr. Larry Beuchat

Distinguished Research Professor,

Center for Food Safety

Dept. Food Science & Technology

University of Georgia

Griffin, GA 30223-1797

Office Phone: 770-***-****

E-Mail: ********@***.***

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