Patrizia

Biography

She started working as a microbiologist in a private hospital, and after some years she decided to move to an emerging working environment at that time: food microbiology. she spent some months in an international laboratory in Germany working for a third party and in 1989 she started to build up a twin lab nearby Bologna. In 1991 she applied for a research job as a micro specialist and was hired by Cerestar, again to build up the micro lab and product controls. She took the Quality Assurance responsibility in 1996. She joined Cargill through the Cerestar acquisition in 2002. She developed her expertise in polyols and dextrose by being the EU Quality tag for Cargill Health and Nutrition (CHN). She spend part of my time in R&D for polyols and dextrose, aligning the team across EU and have spent several years in developing the pharma quality standard for Starches and Sweeteners Europe (SSE) and Cargill Texturizing Solutions (CTS). In 2013 she became the Regional FSQR Lead, and last July 14 she have been nominated as the FSQR Director for SSE.  

Research Interest

 Biology