Aliyar Cyrus Fouladkhah is a graduate of the Food Science and Human Nutrition Master’s and Food Microbiology Doctoral programs of Colorado State University (CSU). He holds a Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics and Data Analysis from CSU’s Statistics Department and completed his training in the Public Health Department of Yale University in the Advanced Professional MPH program (AP MPH), tracked in Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology, a Graduate Certification in Food and Drug Regulatory Affairs, and a Certificate in Climate Change and Human Health. He has been a member of an authors’ team of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, conference proceedings, newsletters, and popular-press articles. He is currently serving as the faculty director of Public Health Microbiology laboratory in Nashville, where his program has been extramurally funded by federal and private industry agencies and provided education opportunities for undergraduate, MS, Ph.D., and post-doctoral students/fellows. He has served as president of Rocky Mountain (Colorado) and Volunteer (Tennessee) sections of IFT and as exam item writer and reviewer for both certified food scientists and certified in public health national examinations and as instructor of public health workshops and outreach events in Guatemala, Dominican Republic, and South Africa. He is currently serving as the Co-Chair of Health and Medical Sciences division of Tennessee Academy of Science.