Chuck Gerba is a professor in the Department Environmental Science at the University of Arizona. He has authored more than 700 articles and several textbooks in environmental microbiology and risk assessment. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has served on the USEPA Science Advisory Board and the Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Advisory Bord.

Among his current research projects include assessment of novel technologies for the control of pathogens at home and public facilities; use of wastewater-based epidemiology to determine incidence of microbial infections in communities and disease spread by fomites.

His research has appeared in numerous magazines, including Readers Digest, Prevention and AARP Magazine, and TV shows, including Good Morning America, Today Show, 48 hours, The View, Fox and Friends, etc.