Niels JF Visschers, BSc MSD

Niels joined Merck in 2002 starting his career as a microbiological analyst in the QC- Micro lab. During the first years he worked with all compendial methods like EM, Bioburden and Sterility. Subsequently Niels was Lab Manager and Project lead for the implementation of an Sterility test Isolator and cleanroom construction at the Micro QC Lab. In 2020 Niels transferred to the Global Center of Expertise Microbiology / AVA within Merck. He is mainly responsible for design and execution of development studies in Rapid Microbiological Methods for EM and is supporting global sites on microbiology topics and assays.