Lise KORSTEN

Prof Lise Korsten is Co-director of the Department of Science and Innovation-National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Food Security (FS), Professor Lise Korsten coordinates and integrates food security studies at the University of Pretoria (UP). She also aligns the centre's activities with the African Research University Alliance Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems under the directorship of Prof Frans Swanepoel.
Prof Korsten has been involved in fresh produce research at UP for more than 30 years. She completed her undergraduate studies and BSc Hons degrees at Stellenbosch University before doing her MSc and PhD Agric degrees at UP. She was appointed as a lecturer and later full professor in the then Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology.  She has done extensive research on food safety in food systems comparing the formal and informal supply chains.Lise KORSTEN