Carine A Nkemngong, Ph.D.

Carine Nkemngong has a PhD in food microbiology from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. In 2017, Carine moved to the US under the USCIS diversity lottery program. Prior to relocating, she earned an MS in Crop Protection from the University of Buea-Cameroon and worked as an R&D Officer for the agro-American giant Herakles Farms Cameroon.

Carine joined the Diversey team in January of 2021 as a Sr. Scientist Food Safety Expert. She has primary responsibility to support Diversey and its customers with microbiological and food safety expertise. She was been actively participating in delivering high quality food safety support to Diversey’s customers through onsite visits, sanitation crew coaching and science-based approaches to troubleshooting customer sanitation concerns. Carine has wide experience working with bacterial biofilms and bacterial spores. She is passionate about changing the food safety landscape through science-driven approaches.