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Charlotta Löfström

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Tel +46 10 516 67 30

Email charlotta.lofstrom@ri.se

Location Lund

Unit Processteknik, säkerhet och hygien (101205)

ORCID 0000-0001-6492-1245

Charlotta works as a research scientist in microbiology and hygiene with special emphasis on food microbiology. Projects include e.g. food safety, microbiological analysis methods, tracing of contaminants, biofilm, cleaning and risk assessment of food products and processes regarding both spoilage microflora and pathogenic bacteria and viruses.

For a summary of scientific merits, see: https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=qqpJtNMAAAAJ&hl=en

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