David Tomas Fornes

Nestlé
Lausanne Switzerland

Biographical Sketch: David Tomas Fornes is Lead Scientist in the Microbial and Molecular Analytics group at Nestlé Research Center (Lausanne, Switzerland). He works on the evaluation, development and validation of microbial methods for pathogen detection and sample preparation. He participates in ISO, CEN and IDF technical committees developing reference methods for microbiological food analysis. He has participated as scientist in the development and validation of analytical methods as well as in international cooperation projects supported by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).

Papers:
P2-140 NGS Based Method for Enterobacteriaceae Discrimination and Reliability for Cronobacter spp. Identification
S15 The Importance of Sample Preparation for Microbiological Analysis: Anything That Begins Badly, Ends Worse