Peyman Fatemi

Dr. Peyman Fatemi joined IEH as the Vice President of Technical and Regulatory Services in 2019. He received his PhD in Food Science and Microbiology from Penn State University, and his MS in Food Science and BS in Microbiology form The University of Georgia. Dr. Fatemi has helped develop food safety programs and held leading roles within multiple food categories. Prior to joining IEH, he was the Vice President of Scientific Affairs at The Acheson Group. Prior to that, at Unilever Foods NA he supported food safety programs for multiple product categories such as Peanut Butter, beverages, sauces, snack bars, frozen and refrigerated foods. At Smithfield Foods he served as the head of the corporate laboratory group; and at Earthbound Farms as the director of food safety. Within the Biotech sector, he helped Life Technologies launch their food safety testing platforms by designing assays to help meet the specific needs of the food testing customers, such as AEMTEK Laboratories, where he served as their Technical Director. He is also an active member of multiple industry groups and currently serves as Chair of Pre-harvest PDG at the IAFP and on the Expert Review Panel for the AOAC Official Methods Board. He has been an invited speaker within a number of national and international groups such as the FDA, USDA/FSIS, IFT, IAFP and multiple Industry Groups.