Peyman Fatemi

Dr. Peyman Fatemi joined IEH as the Vice President of Technical and Regulatory Services in 2019. He received his Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology from Penn State University, and his MS in Food Science and BS in Microbiology from 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, where he was responsible for their strategic growth and development and provided nuanced expertise to the company’s clients on key food safety and testing topics. From 2004 to 2008, as a Senior Microbiologist 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.

Dr. Fatemi has served as the head of the corporate laboratory group at Smithfield Foods and as director of food safety at Earthbound Farms. Within the biotech sector, he helped Life Technologies launch their food safety testing platforms to meet the specific needs of food testing customers. He also served as the Technical Director of AEMTEK, Inc.

Dr. Fatemi is also an active member of multiple industry groups and serves on the Expert Review Panel for the AOAC Official Methods Board and on the editorial board of Food Protection Trends and Journal of AOAC International. He is the past Chair of Pre-harvest PDG at the IAFP and 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