Andrea Etter, PhD
Assistant Professor
Gund Affiliate
PRONUNCIATION An-dr-ee-ah Ehtt-er
- PhD, Food Science, Purdue University, 2017
- BS, Biology, Maranatha Baptist University, 2011
Nutrition and Food Sciences
Animal and Veterinary Sciences
The Gund Institute (affiliate)
BIO
Andrea Etter grew up on a homestead in rural WI, earning her BS in Biology from Maranatha Baptist University and her PhD in Food Microbiology from Purdue University. Her doctoral research focused on understanding Listeria monocytogenes colonization of grocery store delis, and on whether bacterial stress tolerance played a role in a large outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg. Andrea’s work at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ studies facility colonization strategies of L. monocytogenes from artisan cheese facilities, the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica and Campylobacter jejuni in small-scale farming, including backyard poultry and agritourism, and understanding the potential role of bacterial stress tolerance in historic Salmonella outbreaks.
Courses
NFS 2156: Deadly Food Outbreak Investigations, NFS 3203: Food Microbiology, NFS 3204: Food Microbiology Lab, NFS 3254/5254: Global Food Safety
Publications
Awards and Achievements
USDA-NIFA AFRI Predoctoral Fellowship (2016-2018); J. Mac Goepfert Developing Scientist Awards: International Association for Food Protection Technical Talk Award (2017); University of Washington Scholarship to Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics (2013)
Area(s) of expertise
Food microbiology; Food Safety; Salmonella stress tolerance; Listeria persistence; Biosecurity of backyard poultry
Bio
Andrea Etter grew up on a homestead in rural WI, earning her BS in Biology from Maranatha Baptist University and her PhD in Food Microbiology from Purdue University. Her doctoral research focused on understanding Listeria monocytogenes colonization of grocery store delis, and on whether bacterial stress tolerance played a role in a large outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg. Andrea’s work at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ studies facility colonization strategies of L. monocytogenes from artisan cheese facilities, the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica and Campylobacter jejuni in small-scale farming, including backyard poultry and agritourism, and understanding the potential role of bacterial stress tolerance in historic Salmonella outbreaks.
Courses
NFS 2156: Deadly Food Outbreak Investigations, NFS 3203: Food Microbiology, NFS 3204: Food Microbiology Lab, NFS 3254/5254: Global Food Safety
Publications
Awards and Achievements
USDA-NIFA AFRI Predoctoral Fellowship (2016-2018); J. Mac Goepfert Developing Scientist Awards: International Association for Food Protection Technical Talk Award (2017); University of Washington Scholarship to Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics (2013)
Areas of Expertise
Food microbiology; Food Safety; Salmonella stress tolerance; Listeria persistence; Biosecurity of backyard poultry