Andrea Gilbert-Eckman received her doctorate in Food Science from the University of Maryland, College Park, USA where her research focused on the nutritional and microbiological effects of novel non-thermal processing technologies on leafy greens and fresh herbs.

Her research into oxidation based antimicrobial technologies also explored interactions between the plant stress response and plant microbiota. Throughout her graduate research career she has focused on the one health concept to enhance food quality and safety, agricultural practices, and environmental health through understanding the prevalence and virulence of zoonotic pathogens and their interactions with microbial populations in farms, soil, agricultural water, and wildlife.

She is also an active participant in the Northeast Center to Advance Food Safety as a food safety compliance trainer and developer of food safety curricula and other resources. As a research fellow at the Floret Centre she supports research in zoonotic disease and its impacts on human and environmental health as well as improving agricultural practices.