PURE Bioscience, Inc. has hired Dr. Zhinong Yan as Executive Vice President of Science and Business Development. Dr. Yan has over 30 years of academic and industry experience in microbiology and food safety. Since joining PURE, Dr. Yan was instrumental in technical discussions with Hydrite and other PURE distributors.

He also introduced PURE to global food companies and is guiding research on applications of PURE Control® at the University of Georgia and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Prior to joining PURE, Dr. Yan was the Executive Director of Walmart's® Food Safety Collaboration Center in Beijing, China, and the Food Safety Director for Ecolab® in the Asia Pacific region. Dr. Yan also has served as the Senior Food Safety Scientist for Commercial Food Sanitation®, Intralox® and Mol Belting Systems®.

Before working in industry, he was a research assistant professor at Michigan State University focusing on industry food safety needs, including sanitation. Dr. Yan has been actively engaged in food safety-related associations and promoting food safety globally with his strong leadership and networking. Dr. Yan received his Ph.D. from Auburn University in plant pathology.