ProfessorPaul Whyte

Prof Paul Whyte graduated from UCD in 1992 with a BSc (Hons) in Industrial Microbiology. He then completed a Masters Degree in Food Science in the Faculty of Agriculture, UCD in 1994. Following this, he moved to the Veterinary Faculty in UCD and commenced studies as part of a PhD programme developing and applying HACCP-based food safety programmes within the Irish poultry sector. He was awarded his PhD in 2000. Following a period working as a Senior Research Associate he was appointed as College Lecturer in 2002 and is currently Professor of Veterinary Public Health & Food Safety. He is a member of the Centre for Food Safety and the Institute of Food and Health in UCD. His research interests include, prevalence and molecular characterisation studies for a range of microbial foodborne pathogens, including Campylobacter, Listeria, Salmonella, verocytotoxigenic E. coli and other microorganisms in food animals and foods of animal origin. He has also worked on the application of both chemical and novel non-thermal physical technologies for the decontamination and control of zoonotic pathogens in food animals and meat products. He is also interested in the development of rapid diagnostics for pathogen detection in animal and food matrices, antimicrobial resistance and molecular investigation of virulence markers in zoonotic agents. He has extensive experience in the design and development of Longitudinally Integrated Food Safety Assurance and HACCP Systems within the Irish Agri-Food Industry, in particular in the poultry sector.