Lucas Wijnands
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment,Netherlands
Biography
L M Wijnands has started working in Food Microbiology around 2000, and completed his PhD in Food Microbiology in 2008. Th e subject of his thesis was on Bacillus cereus associated
food borne disease. Ever since his PhD he worked on various subjects concerning risk assessmeent of food borne pathogens, such as Clostridium perfringens, Salmonella spp, Shiga toxin
producing E. coli and Listeria spp. One important subject of interest is the risk assessment regarding fresh produce. He is (co-) author of various papers with respect to the risk of fresh
produce, and with respect to dose-response work.