Eirini Velliou

University of Surrey
Guildford, GU2 7XH United Kingdom

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Eirini Velliou is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering of the University of Surrey, UK. Her research interests fall within the domain of bioprocess optimization under stress. More specifically, she is focusing on understanding the impact of environmental stress on the response and potential development of resistance in biological systems, i.e., microbial cells, healthy/diseased human cells and, micro-algae cells. Within the domain of Predictive (food) microbiology she has experimentally studied and mathematically quantified -through parameter estimation- the effect of a variety of factors, i.e., acids, proteins, chemicals etc., on the heat stress adaptation of food pathogens in liquid and solid(like) systems. Lately, she is focusing on understanding, quantifying and further predicting the antimicrobial resistance development of food pathogens when exposed to natural antimicrobials in food(model) systems.

Papers:
Characterisation/Quantification of the Impact of Food Structure on the Development of Antimicrobial Resistance of Food-related Pathogens