Jim Polarine Jr., MA STERIS Corporation

Mr. Polarine is a 2019 PDA Michael S. Korczynski Award recipient.    He is active on the prestigious PDA’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB).  He is active on the PDA’s COVID-19 Task Force. He was a co-author on PDA’s Technical Report #70 on Cleaning and Disinfection and Technical Report #88 on Microbial Deviations.  Mr. Polarine currently teaches the cleaning and disinfection course as part of the PDA Aseptic Processing Course, IEST, and at the University of Tennessee Parenteral Medications Course.  Mr. Polarine is the current President for the PDA Missouri Valley Chapter and Vice President of Membership for the IEST. Mr. Polarine graduated from the University of Illinois with a Master of Arts in Biology.  He previously worked as a clinical research manager with the Department of Veterans Affairs in St. Louis, MO and as a biology and microbiology instructor at the University of Illinois.  His main hobby is storm chasing and is very active in tornado research and tornado safety.