Marcel Zwietering

Marcel Zwietering obtained his MSc Biotechnology in 1987 and his PhD in 1993 at Wageningen University. During his positions as assistant and associate professor at Wageningen, he spent a sabbatical half year in the Unilever research lab in Colworth House, UK. In 1998 he moved to the research lab of Danone in France. Since January 2003 he is professor in Food Microbiology at Wageningen University. He has published 270 papers and has a h-factor of 61 (Scopus October 2026) and is member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Food Microbiology and the Journal of Food Protection. In 2006 he was appointed in the Dutch Health Council. In 2005 he was elected as member of the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) and was elected chair in 2020. At IAFP2019 he was awarded the Elmer Marth Educator Award and the International Leadership Award, and at IAFP2024 the Frozen Food Foundation Freezing Research Award. At IAFP Europe 2025 he was awarded