Distinguished Professor and Extension Specialist and Chair Department of Food Science
Rutgers University
Dr. Donald W. Schaffner is Extension Specialist in Food Science and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University. He is the current Chair of the Department of Food Science. His research interests include handwashing, cross-contamination, and quantitative microbial risk assessment. He has authored over 225 peer-reviewed publications and educated thousands of food industry professionals. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists, the American Academy of Microbiology, the Society for Risk Analysis and International Association for Food Protection (IAFP). He served as president of IAFP in 2013-2014. He was an Editor for the ASM journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology from 2005 to 2020. He began serving as a Contributing Editor for Food Microbiology and as Associate Editor for Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety (CRFSFS) in 2020 and as Scientific Editor for CRFSFS in 2023. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of Microbial Risk Analysis since 2022. In his spare time, he co-hosts the Food Safety Talk and Risky or Not podcasts.
Disclosure information not submitted.
Live Podcast Recording of Food Safety Talk
Sunday, June 22, 2025
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CENTRAL TIME
New Handwashing Evidence: No Soap? No Water? No Worry!
Monday, June 23, 2025
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CENTRAL TIME