Dr. Yuan Yao joins WCCR

 as a new faculty member of carbohydrate chemistry

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Dr. Yao has a Ph.D. of Food Science (Southern Yangtze University, China), M.S. of Chemical Engineering, and B.S. of Polymer Science (Dalian University of Technology, China ). Before joining Purdue, he spent three years as a post-doctoral associate at the Pennsylvania State University and two years in the corn refining industry. His research expertise includes starch biosynthesis, maize breeding, structure-function relationship of carbohydrates, functions of carbohydrate related enzymes, novel oligosaccharides and their applications, and functional flour technologies for baked goods. In addition to conducting researches, he will be teaching the class of Carbohydrate.