Kathleen S. Souza, MS MilliporeSigma

Kathleen Souza is an R&D Manager in the Virology & Microbiological Sciences Group. She has over 30 years’ experience in the field of microbiology. Her work has focused on the biopharmaceutical industry, and she currently leads a team developing products and methods for microbial retention, microbial integrity of single-use products, bioburden & sterility testing, preservative & santitant effectiveness, environmental monitoring and microbial detection. She is an author of the PDA Technical Report on Alternative Methods for Mycoplasma Testing focused on detection technologies for mycoplasma. Additionally, she is co-chair of the TR45 revision on Depth Filtration and Prefiltration.