Dr. Yao's Staff
Lin Bi received her B.S. degree in Bioengineering from Jilin Teachers’ Institute of Engineering and Technology and earned her M.S. degree in Fermentation Engineering at Tianjin University of Science & Technology (former Tianjin College of Light Industry). She joined in Dr. Yao’s lab in August 2007 to do her Ph. D degree in Food Science. Her research focuses on covalently bonding different types of polysaccharides and establishing controlled release of films and particles.
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Elliott Hickman earned a B.S. degree in Food Science from Purdue University and joined Dr. Yao’s lab in August 2005 in the M.S. Program in the area of food chemistry. His research is involved in low-cost value-added biomass conversions related to ethanol industry. He also studies the molecular structure of novel starches created by genetic and enzymatic modifications. He uses HPLC, texture profile analysis, extrusion, and other methods in his research.Lin Bi received her B.S. degree in Bioengineering from Jilin Teachers’ Institute of Engineering and Technology and earned her M.S. degree in Fermentation Engineering at Tianjin University of Science & Technology (former Tianjin College of Light Industry). She joined in Dr. Yao’s lab in August 2007 to do her Ph. D degree in Food Science. Her research focuses on covalently bonding different types of polysaccharides and establishing controlled release of films and particles.
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Siqi Liu received her B.S. in biochemistry from Purdue University in 2007. In August 2007, she began M.S. research under Dr. Yuan Yao at the Purdue University Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research. Her current research is in the encapsulation of food nutrients and phytochemicals using starch.
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Yongqiang Ma is the Director of Food Research Institute, the School of Food Science and Technology, Harbin University of Commerce (HUC). HUC is a prestigious university of northern China, located in the city of Harbin, Heilongjiang. Heilongjiang is a major province of China corn belt, and HUC has many efforts in food research and development.
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