About me
Professor Korsten is the President of the AAS and Co-Director at the Department of Science and Innovation, Centre of Excellence in Food Security. She chairs the Global Task Force of Food Security for the International Society for Plant Pathology and has addressed the South African Parliament on Food Safety Control. With extensive national and international funding, she led research on water pollution's impact on food safety and developed South Africa's first biocontrol agent for fruit. Prof Korsten's work emphasizes postharvest technology, food safety, and international trade in fresh produce. She supervises numerous students and researchers with sustained industry support.