Bio
Dr. Tyler Stephens is an enthusiastic individual that is revolutionizing Food Safety by providing pathogen detection and enumeration tools. His groundbreaking development of SalQuantâ„¢ (a rapid Salmonella Enumeration using RT-PCR) during his tenure at Hygiena has proven to be timely for the meat and Poultry industries. He studied Food Microbiology under the guidance of Dr. Mindy Brashears at Texas Tech University and graduated with a PhD in 2006. Since graduating Dr. Stephens has worked as a Research Scientist at Alberta Agriculture and Rural development, founded Micro Enviro Tech LLC, was a Technical Support Manager at Roka Bioscience, worked as a Regulatory and Government Affairs Manager at Hygiena and is currently consulting as a Food Safety and Enumeration Expert.
