Food Safety Microbiology

*.CURRICULUM VITAE FOR JOHN FARMER

Name of Institution: Njala University (NU)

Name: Dr. John Farmer Profession: Microbiologist

Nationality: Sierra Leonean Date of Birth: 20th December 1978

Years with Njala University: 3 years Languages: English, Chinese, Krio, Sherbro, Mende

Email: ***************@*****.*** Mobile: +232********

Key Educational Qualification:

Ph.D. Microbiology of Shenyang Agricultural University (SYAU), Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic. China (2013-2016).

M.Sc. Microbiology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun city, Jilin Province, People’s Republic. China (2008-2010).

B.Sc. (Hons) (Microbiology) in Biological Sciences, Fourah Bay College (FBC), Freetown, Sierra Leone (2000-2004).

Training Experience:

1. Training on laboratory management and test methods according to ISO/ICE 17025

at Sierra Leone Standards Bureau (January, 2013).

2. Training in application the ISO microbiological methods of analysis and ISO 17025

(Technical requirements). 25-30th June, 2012. West Africa Quality Programme. The

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC),

Lagos, Nigeria.

3. Training on Product Certification and Quality Awards, Nigeria (Abuja). September,

2010.

4. Food safety and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) analysis by.

Sierra Leone Standards Bureau, March, 2008.

5. Training on International Standards Organization (ISO) 9000, 9001 and 14000 by

experts from Jordan in Freetown, February, (2007).

6. Training on quality supervision inspection and quarantine at ports of entry and

industries in Changzhou city, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China

(P.R.C), September, 1st -30th, 2006.

7. Salt iodization workshop by Sierra Leone standards Bureau, Freetown, April

(2006).

8. Small and medium enterprises: planning, development and management seminar,

Miatta Conference Hall, Youyi Building, Freetown, (April 4-8th, 2005).

Professional experience:

1. Shenyang Agricultural University (SYAU), Teaching English language for undergraduates, postgraduates and Professors (2013-2015).

2. Fourah Bay College (FBC), University of Sierra Leones, Teaching Microbiology, (2011-2012)

3. Sierra Leone Standards Bureau (SLSB), Food and water Microbiological Analysis, Senior Microbiology Analyst, Acting Manager Food Microbiology (2005-2013)

4. Njala University (NU), Sierra Leone. Lecture soil and animal science courses (2016- present date)

5. College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS, Lecture Microbiology courses (2017- present date)

6. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science (U.K), Peer reviewing of manuscripts for scientific publication, Reviewer (2017- present date)

Publications:

1.John Farmer, Bin Zhang, Xinxin Jin, Peng Zhang, Jingkuan Wang*. 2016. Long-term effect of plastic film mulching and fertilization on bacterial communities in a brown soil revealed by high through-put sequencing. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science.

2.John Farmer, Sean Schaeffer, Bin Zhang, Tingting An, Jiubo Pei1, Jie Zhuang, Jingkuan Wang* How Soil Bacterial Communities with Seasonal Variation Respond Differently to Long-Term Fertilization and Plastic Film Mulching. Polish Journal of Environmental Sciences.

3.Yue Wu, Chunyan Zhao, John Farmer, Junde Sun*. 2015. Effects of bio-organic fertilizer on pepper growth and Fusarium wilt biocontrol. Scientia Horticulturae. 193: 114-120.

4.Jiubo Pei, Hui Li, Shuangyi Li, Tingting An, John Farmer, Shifeng Fu, Jingkuan Wang*. 2015. Dynamics of maize carbon contribution to soil organic carbon in association with soil type and fertility level. PLOS ONE, 10(3): e0120825. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0120825.

5.Xue Gong, Mingli Liu, Lijun Zhang, Yangye Ruan, Rui Ding, Yuqi Ji, Ning Zhang, Shaobin Zhang, John Farmer, and Che Wang*. 2014. Arabidopsis AtSUC2 and AtSUC4, encoding sucrose transporters, are required for abiotic stress tolerance in an ABA-dependent pathway. Physiologia Plantarum. Doi: 10.1111/ppl.12225.

6.John Farmer, Jingkuan Wang*. Abundance and community structure of Ammonium oxidizing bacteria and archaea under plastic film mulching and long-term fertilization in a brown soil, (Under review).

7.John Farmer, Zhenhuan Qu, Jing-kuan Wang, Xingzhi Wang*. Biodegradation of Phenanthrene by newly isolated bacterial strains enriched from industrial waste water. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. (Under Review).

Key Expertise:

Extraction of bacterial DNA, PCR analysis, Denaturing Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE), culture media preparation, High throughput sequencing technology (Mi-Seq and Hi-Seq) collection of microbiological specimens, antimicrobial sensitivity testing etc

Hobbies:Reading scientific journals, doing research work, reading novels, traveling, watching and listening to local and international news.

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