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Ian Hildebrandt

Research Specialist

Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, College of Engineering

Farrall Agricultural Engineering Hall, 524 S. Shaw Lane Rm 216

hildeb44@msu.edu

Biography

Ian Hildebrandt is a Biosystems Engineering Research Specialist that focuses on improving food safety through process design optimization and improved validation tools. Using laboratory- and pilot-scale biosafety level 2 facilities, he focuses on the translation of foodborne pathogen research to industry-ready information. His expertise includes the development of mathematical and living (surrogate) models for predicting pathogen inactivation (e.g., Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes) i

Publications

Hildebrandt IM, Marks BP. 2024. Improving the Utility of Surrogates Intended for Foodborne Pathogen Preventive Control Validations. Current Opinion in Food Science. 57, 101153.

Hildebrandt IM, Riddell LM, Hall NO, James MK, Marks BP. 2024. Demonstration of Inappropriate Validation Method for a Cracker Baking Process Using Predictive Modeling. Journal of Food Protection. 87, 100298.

Ahmad NH, Hildebrandt IM, Pickens SR, Vasquez S, Jin YQ, Liu SX, Hilk LA, Tsai HC, Lau SK, D’Souza RC, Kumar S, Subbiah J, Thippareddi H, Zhu MJ, Tang JM, Anderson NM, Grasso-Kelley EM, Ryser ET, Marks BP. Interlaboratory Evaluation of Enterococcus faecium NRRL B-2354 as a Salmonella surrogate for Validating Thermal Treatment of Multiple Low-Moisture Foods. Journal of Food Protection. 85(11): 1538-1552.

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