Michael Loewenstein is the current vice president of Scientific Consulting at Q Labs LLC in Cincinnati, Ohio. Loewenstein earned his B.S. in Microbiology with a research focus in Molecular Genetics and Cellular Physiology from The Ohio State University. After graduation in 2011, Loewenstein obtained a position in corporate R&D Microbiology at Procter & Gamble before joining Q Labs in January 2019.

Throughout the course of his career, Loewenstein has developed a passion for “end-to-end” microbiology from product development and formulation through microbiological control of manufacturing. He has published several articles and given numerous public presentations on this and related subjects.

Loewenstein currently serves in an active volunteer capacity for several professional associations, including the Microbiology Committee and Manufacturing Hygiene Task Force of PCPC, the AOAC Research Institute as an expert reviewer, the AIMS Legionella advisory panel for AOAC International a founding member and the cooling water subcommittee of the Association of Water Technologies (AWT).