Featured Speaker

Dr. Dana Dittoe is an Assistant Professor of Meat Microbiology at the University of Wyoming in the Animal Science Department who is using the microbiome to develop targeted approaches to mitigate foodborne pathogens and spoilage-specific and -associated microorganisms. Holding a B.S. and M.S. in Poultry Science from Mississippi State University and a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Arkansas, Dr. Dittoe has contributed 43 peer-reviewed publications to the meat and poultry food safety scientific community.