Director, Food Safety Laboratory & Assoc. Professor

• Fedio Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Education

• B.S. - Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
• M.S. - Food Microbiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
• Ph.D. - Food Microbiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Professional Experience

• Research Associate with Alberta Dairy Association Research Unit (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
• Assistant Professor of Food Microbiology at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada)
• Food Technology Specialist with the NMSU Cooperative Extension Service (Las Cruces, NM)

Research Interests

• Development and evaluation of procedures for rapid detection and isolation of bacterial pathogens from foods using: Real Time PCR, Immunoassays, Immunomagnetic Separation Technologies, and cultural procedures
• Incidence and control of pathogenic bacteria in chile and chile products
• Safety of southwestern and imported foods

Memberships

• International Association for Food Protection, Institute of Food Technologists, American Society for Microbiology, Society for Applied Microbiology.

Website

• Food Safety Laboratory

Willis M. Fedio
New Mexico State University
Center for Animal Health and Food Safety
P.O. Box 30003
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Phone: 575-646-7352
Fax: 575-646-7344
Email: wfedio@nmsu.edu