Michael P. Doyle (microbiologist)

Michael P. Doyle
Born3 October 1949 Edit this on Wikidata
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Michael Patrick Doyle is an microbiologist. He is an emeritus Regents Professor of Food Microbiology at the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences[1] and the former director of the college's Center for Food Safety, where he researched foodborne bacterial pathogens. Doyle was the first food microbiologist to study E. coli. He developed patents for several food safety interventions, including one used as a meat wash.[2]

Doyle was a founding editor of the Annual Review of Food Science and Technology in 2010[3][4] continuing through 2021.[5] Doyle won the Food Safety Award of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) in 1999[6] and was named a life member of the IAFP in 2018.[7]

Education

Doyle graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a B.S. degree in Bacteriology (1973), followed by an M.S. (1975) and Ph.D. (1977) in food microbiology[8] under the direction of UW professor and adviser Dr. Elmer Marth.[9]

In 1980, Doyle joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a faculty member of the Food Research Institute at UWM.[9] In 1991 Doyle joined the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, where he established the UGA Center for Food Safety.[10]

Doyle is a member of the American Academy of Microbiology; the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the American Society for Microbiology; the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP); the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies; the National Academy of Inventors;Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi; and Gamma Sigma Delta. In 1999, Doyle was awarded the Food Safety Award of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP)[6] and became a Fellow of the IAFP.[11] In 2018 he was named an Honorary Life Member of the IAFP.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Emeritus professor quoted about 'clean' foods". UGA Today. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  2. ^ Dowdy, Sharon (July 26, 2017). "Internationally recognized food microbiologist retires from UGA". CAES Newswire. College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences UGA Cooperative Extension.
  3. ^ Doyle, Michael P. (25 March 2021). "The Passing of Todd Klaenhammer". Annual Review of Food Science and Technology. 12 (1): iii–iv. doi:10.1146/annurev-fo-12-032421-100001. PMID 33770466.
  4. ^ "CO-EDITORS OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - VOLUME 1, 2010". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. ^ "CO-EDITORS OF THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - VOLUME 12, 2021". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Food Safety Award". International Association for Food Protection. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  7. ^ a b Mackin, Kelsey M. (11 July 2018). "IAFP 2018 Award Recipients". Food Safety News. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  8. ^ Doyle, Michael (24 February 1989). Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8247-7866-8.
  9. ^ a b "Food Research Institute Personnel". Food Research Institute, UW-Madison. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Michael Doyle". UGA Today. 20 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Fellows Award". International Association for Food Protection. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  • profile University of Georgia Center for Food Safety