Senior Advisor in Food Safety, Seinäjoen ammattikorkeakoulu

Beskrivning av forsknings

I, Gun Wirtanen, work as a Senior Advisor in Food Safety at Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (SeAMK) from February 2019 onwards. In 1996 I graduated from Helsinki University of Technology as Doctor of Science (Technology). Gun is also an external lecturer (docent) in process hygiene at the University of Helsinki from 2001 onwards and as an approved trainer in hygienic design by European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG). Gun has more than 30 years’ experience in microbial food safety, process hygiene, surface hygiene, biofilm eradication, hygienic design of food facilities and equipment, microbial air quality, food safety management as well as own checking systems including HACCP systems. She is honorary member of R3Nordic, which deals with cleanroom technology. Gun has previously worked: at VTT (in Espoo, Finland) 1988 - 2013, at DTU National Food Institute (in Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark) 2014 – 2016 and at University of Helsinki Ruralia Institute (in Seinäjoki, Finland) 2017 - 2019. Gun is also lecturing in food microbiology and process hygiene as well as vegan food processing at SeAMK. Gun has published more than 500 publications dealing with food microbiology, quality control of foodstuff, hygienic design, cleanroom technology and food processing hygiene.

Nyckelord

cleanroom technology, food microbiology, food processing hygiene, hygienic design, quality control of foodstuffs

Affiliering

Seinäjoen ammattikorkeakoulu
Enheten
School of Food and Agriculture
Källa: ORCID
Title
Senior Advisor in Food Safety 2019

University of Helsinki
Enheten
Ruralia Institute
Källa: ORCID
Title
Senior Researcher in Food Safety 2017 - 2019

Technical University of Denmark
Källa: ORCID
Title
Associate Professor in Hygienic Design & Cleaning Operations 2014 - 2016

TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT
Källa: ORCID
Title
Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist 1988 - 2013

Turun ammattikorkeakoulu
Källa: ORCID
Title
External lecturer 2018 - 2018

Utbildning

Grader
MSc(Tech) 1.9.1980 - 31.10.1988 / Aalto University
DSc(Tech) 1.2.1993 - 30.4.1996 / Aalto University

Publikationer (82)

Management of biofilm risk
Alakomi, Hanna-Leena; Salo, Satu; Irina, Tsitko; Wirtanen, Gun
2024

Bioteknologia osana hajautettua energiatuotantoa
Alarinta, Jarmo; Kallio, Karri; Wirtanen, Gun
@SeAMK
2023

Controlling bacterial spoilage in both vegan and meat-based products
Wirtanen, Gun; Laitila, Tiina; Kumpulainen, Juuso
2023