Mostafa Hosny

Ambitious, diligent, performance-oriented and equipped with a wide array of knowledge and laboratory experience.

Background includes method validation, team planning, laboratory leadership, streamlining laboratory processes, as well as experience in microbiology and analytical chemistry. 3+ years of laboratory experience in large consumer products companies working with raw materials, finished products, and monitoring environmental microbial levels.

Senior Microbiologist - Arma Group

(2024-01)

• Maintain and implement full requirements of ISO/IEC 17025 in daily activities.
• Laboratory Stock Management.
• Review, maintain and develop procedures, SOPs for lab testing, calibrations, equipment maintenance.
• Monitor testing procedures to ensure that all tests are performed according to established item specifications, standard test methods, or protocols.
• Interpret Test results, compare them to established specifications and control limits.
• Train other analysts to perform laboratory procedures and assays.
• Audit on operation process and calibrations for all equipment.
• Process monitoring and process quality assurance and ensuring compliance to standard operating procedures in manufacturing centers.
• Support the site in the investigation and trouble-shooting of micro-related incidents and non-conformance and verify the effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions for the micro issues.
• Follow up adherence to GMP in production areas.
• Write technical reports or documentation.
• Made quality Decisions (Accepted or Rejected) based on provided control outlines.
• Coaching operators by performing Quality Circles.

QA Microbiologist - Arma Group

(2021-06 - 2024-01)

• Maintaining and implement full requirements of ISO/IEC 17025 in daily activities.
• Analyze finished products, raw materials, packaging materials.
• Preparing work standard sample from reference standard.
• Reviewing microbiological certificates for raw materials and finished products.
• Follow up sanitation plan and verify it by taking swabs from all units and machines.
• Perform environmental monitoring.
• Performing analysis for food products, including: Aerobic and Anaerobic colony count at 30°C, Enumeration of Yeast and Mold, Enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae, Enumeration of Coliforms, Enumeration of E. coli, Enumeration of Staphylococcus aureus, Detection of salmonella species.
• Performing analysis for Cosmetics Products, including: Detection and Enumeration of Aerobic mesophilic bacteria (ISO 21149), Enumeration of Yeast and Mold (ISO 16212), Detection of E. coli (ISO 21150), Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ISO 22717), Detection of Staphylococcus aureus (ISO 22718), Detection of Candida albicans (ISO 18416).
• Perform Evaluation of Bactericidal activity of disinfectants (BS EN 1276:2019)
• Perform Evaluation of antimicrobial protection of cosmetic product (ISO11930:2019)
• Performing analysis for DWL (Dish wash Liquids) products based on ISO 21703-2019.
• Performing repeatability and reproducibility using spike samples.
• Performing antimicrobial assay.
• Follow up for Microbiology lab chemicals & reagents, Culture media (Expiration, inventory and Records)
• Perform routine QC activities such as (Documentations, daily equipment's calibration and check).
• Coaching operators to ensure the quality mindset is embedded in their day-to-day activities.

QC Microbiologist - Greenland Group for Food and Beverages Industries

(2020-06 - 2021-05)

My work involved conducting routine microbiological analysis for different kinds of Cheese, Milk, Juice Finished products, Raw materials received by the factory and environmental samples for production areas including different machine parts according to the plane. These routine analyses were conducted since it is mandated before releasing finished products to the market or raw material to the production to ensure complying with local legal requirements and green land's requirements as well.

Diploma - Quality Management - American University in Egypt (AUC) (2022 - 2024)

Bachelor Degree - Chemistry and Microbiology - Cairo University Faculty of Science (2015 - 2019)