Wirtanen Gun

Senior Advisor in Food Safety

Beskrivning

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

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

Affiliering

Seinäjoen ammattikorkeakoulu
Senior Advisor in Food Safety
Primär
School of Food and Agriculture
2019 - nuvarande
Primär
Källa: ORCID
University of Helsinki
Senior Researcher in Food Safety
Ruralia Institute
2017 - 2019
Källa: ORCID
Turun ammattikorkeakoulu
External lecturer
2018
Källa: ORCID
Technical University of Denmark
Associate Professor in Hygienic Design & Cleaning Operations
2014 - 2016
Källa: ORCID
Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist
1988 - 2013
Källa: ORCID

Utbildning (2)

DSc(Tech)
Aalto University
MSc(Tech)
Aalto University

Publikationer (81)

2023