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Following her PhD in 2017, Dr. Alexa participated in the European Food Risk Assessment Fellowship Programme (EU-FORA) for a year, which was funded by the European Food Safety Authority.
From 2018 to 2021, Dr. Alexa worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the MetaResistBugs project (University of Leon, Spain) and from 2021 to 2023 in the DAFM funded HortAssure project (Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ireland). Dr. Alexa's involvement in various national and international projects includes SafeConsumE, SafeFood, Listware, and Promise projects.
Dr. Alexa has been the recipient of Short-Term Scientific Missions associated with research projects or grants obtained from competitions such as COST (FA1202, FA1408), Erasmus, and FEMS.
Research interests
Food safety; Legislation; Food risk assessment; Biological hazards; Antimicrobial resistance; Biofilm formation; Prevalence studies; Next generation sequencing;
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from foods
Award Date: 8 Aug 2017
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From botany to bedside: a review of the health benefits of Lycium barbarum as a functional food
Berisha, A., Alexa, E., Kelleher, R. & Zhang, T., 25 Jan 2025, In: Exploration of Foods and Foodomics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Recent advances in examining the factors influencing the efficacy of biocides against Listeria monocytogenes biofilms in the food industry: A systematic review
Arthur, M., Afari, E. L., Alexa, E., Zhu, M., Gaffney, M. T., Celayeta, J. M. F. & Burgess, C. M., Jan 2025, In: Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 24, 1, e70083.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Characterization of antimicrobial resistant Enterobacterales isolated from spinach and soil following zinc amendment
Elena Anedda, Daniel Ekhlas, Alexa, E., ML Farrell, Michael Gaffney, G. Madigan, D. Morris & Catherine M. Burgess, 15 Nov 2024, In: Environmental Pollution. 361, 124774.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparison of antimicrobial resistant Enterobacterales isolates from the dairy production environment in low and high zinc containing regions
Elena Anedda, Alexa, E., ML Farrell, M. Croffie, G. Madigan, D. Morris & Catherine M. Burgess, 25 Nov 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 953, 175905.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microbial contamination of food
Alexa, E. A., Papadochristopoulos, A., O’Brien, T. & Burgess, C. M., 1 Jan 2024, Food Packaging and Preservation: Antimicrobial Materials and Technologies. p. 3-19 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review