PDA Midwest and Missouri Valley Chapters Webinar: Leaders in Life Science - Insights from Diversity in Life Sciences

Mr. Polarine is a senior technical service manager at STERIS Corporation. He has been with STERIS Corporation for twenty years.  His current technical focus is microbial control in cleanrooms and other critical environments. Mr. Polarine is a 2019 PDA Michael S. Korczynski Award recipient.   Mr. Polarine is a frequent industry speaker and published several PDA book chapters and articles related to cleaning and disinfection and contamination control.  He is active as co-chair on the PDA’s microbial investigations task force. He was a co-author on PDA’s Technical Report #70 on Cleaning and Disinfection. Mr. Polarine teaches industry regulators as well as the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries at the PDA and the University of Tennessee.  Mr. Polarine currently teaches the cleaning and disinfection course as part of the PDA Aseptic Processing Course and at the University of Tennessee Parenteral Medications Course.  Mr. Polarine is current President for the PDA Missouri Valley and Technical Coordinator for the IEST.  Mr. Polarine graduated from the University of Illinois with a Master of Arts in Biology.  His main hobby is storm chasing and is very active in tornado research and tornado safety.