Dr. Palmy Jesudhasan is Research Microbiologist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service. He obtained his PhD in Zoology at the University of Madras, India, and has 25 years of experience in animal vaccine production. His area of research focuses on controlling foodborne and poultry pathogens using vaccine, genomic, and proteomic approaches. He has a background in fish pathogenesis and is well experienced applying electron beam technology to control pathogens.