Antonio Valero Díaz is currently a full professor of Food Microbiology and Hygiene at the University of Cordoba (Spain). He holds a degree in Food Science and Technology and a PhD in Food Microbiology. He has published over $80$ peer reviewed papers in international journals and books being specially focused on the application of predictive models in foods, microbial risk assessment and management, and derivation of microbiological criteria in selected foods Additionally, his expertise is led to shelf-life determination, and food quality issues. He has been involved in several research projects related to microbial risk assessment and risk management in minimally processed products and optimization of microbial sampling plans for different food risk categories. He participates as a lecturer in AgriFood Masters and in specialized training courses of predictive microbiology.
PhD in Food Science and Technology, 2006
University of Cordoba
BSc in Food Science and Technology, 2002
University of Cordoba