Gunhild Hageskal
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Gunhild Hageskal is a microbiologist whose research spans food safety microbiology, environmental microbiology, and antifungal screening technologies. Her work focuses on understanding and improving cleaning and disinfection (C&D) practices in food processing environments, with particular attention to how microbial communities — including spoilage bacteria, pathogens, and persistent biofilms — respond to industry-standard sanitation protocols. In studies conducted across salmon and broiler processing plants, Hageskal and colleagues have demonstrated that conventional C&D procedures, while reducing overall bacterial loads, frequently fail to fully eradicate biofilms and can selectively enrich resilient genera such as *Pseudomonas* — findings with direct implications for food safety management. Her use of robotic high-throughput screening methods represents a methodological strength, enabling systematic, large-scale evaluation of antimicrobial efficacy. This same technological approach extends into clinical microbiology, where she has developed optimized screening assays for filamentous *Candida albicans* biofilms to evaluate antifungal compounds including amphotericin B. With her most-cited papers accumulating citations within just one to three years of publication, Hageskal is an emerging voice in applied microbiology whose interdisciplinary contributions are attracting growing attention from both food industry and biomedical research communities.
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