Cold Plasma Interventions for Microbiological Safety in Fresh Poultry Processing

Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 — 9:00 - 9:30

About the Speaker

Professor Bourke is a Professor and Head of School of the UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, Dublin, Ireland, a Fellow of the UCD Conway Institute and of the UCD Institute of Food and Health.

Her research is in the areas of sustainable and non-thermal processing innovations, plasma agriculture and novel antimicrobial technologies. Her current research is focused on cold plasma systems and applications development for the non-thermal processing of cereal grains and seeds, and supporting non thermal interventions to enhance safety assurance in the fresh poultry chain. Her research is supported through National and International schemes. She is designated as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Web of Science based on her rankings within the top 1% highly cited researchers. She is a member of the EU COST network in Plasma Applications for smart and sustainable agriculture, and theCOST networks PlasTher.