Course offering number:0810-503
Course ID:
1383
Microbiological Quality of Water-Based Consumer Products
October 30-31, 2008
New Brunswick, NJ
Daniel K. Brannan, Ph.D.; Professor of Biology, Abilene Christian University
Daniel K. Brannan, Ph.D., is Professor of Biology at Abilene
Christian University (ACU). He worked seven years in industry
and he served as a consultant for dozens of cosmetic and
drug companies both nationally and internationally for an
additional fifteen years.
Dr. Brannan obtained a B.Sc. in biology in 1975 (Phi Beta
Kappa) from the University of New Mexico, his M.Sc. in
microbiology in 1977 from Ohio State University and his
doctorate in biology in 1981 from the University of New
Mexico. He worked for the Procter & Gamble Company from
1981-88 and has taught at ACU since 1988.
Dr. Brannan served on the Cosmetic, Toiletries and Fragrance
Association Methodology and Microbiology Committees
from1983-87 and on the U.S. Pharmacopeial Microbiology
Advisory Panel on Microbiological Control from 1990-95. An
editor for the Journal of Cosmetic Science, Dr. Brannan is also
a member of the FDA’s Technical Advisory Board.
Philip Geis, Ph.D.; Section Head, Procter & Gamble Company
Philip Geis, Ph.D., earned his bachelor and doctor of
philosophy degrees in microbiology from the University of
Texas. He is a section head with The Procter & Gamble
Company (P&G) in Cincinnati with responsibilities for global
microbiology of that company's Beauty Care Division. Dr. Geis
joined P&G in 1981 as a divisional microbiologist for the
development of preservatives and disinfectants and the study
of applied microbiology and skin microbial ecology. He has a
broad perspective of working in diverse regulatory and
environmental affairs issues, product development and
formulation concerns, and manufacturing and product quality
arenas. He has published and lectured on microbiological and
environmental subjects and served as an associate editor for
the Society for Industrial Microbiology News.
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