Lab members

Principal Investigator

 

Yue Zhang
Employment                                 
Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln                     2015-present
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Tennessee           2011- 2015
Education
PhD in Physical Chemistry, Wuhan University, China                  2006-2011
BSc in Chemistry, Wuhan University, China                                     2002-2006
Teaching
FDST 448/848 Food Chemistry

                                                       FDST 896-003 Physical Chemistry of Foods

                                                       Publications
                                                       Click google scholar page for a complete list.

Graduate Students

 

Lei Wang
Education                                
PhD (Statistics minor), University of Nebraska-Lincoln                     2016-present
Research Assistant, Institute of Microbiology, CAS, China                2014- 2015
MS in Fermentation Engineering, Jiangnan University, China        2011-2013
Research                                
Protein based nanoencapsulation  
Hobbies: Traveling, reading novels, playing badminton
Email: lei.wang@huskers.unl.edu

 

Travis Burger
Employment                                
Food Scientist, Conagra Brands                                                                                      2012-present
Education                                
PhD , University of Nebraska-Lincoln                                                                         2016-present
BS in Food Science & Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln                 2008-2012
Research                                
Functional properties of pea proteins  
Hobbies: Football, volleyball, and woodworking
                                                      Email: Travis.Burger@conagra.com

  

Liyang Xie
Education                                
MS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln                                                                                     2016-present
BS in Food Science & Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln                          2014-2016
BE in Food Science & Engineering, Northwest A&F University, China                     2012-2016
Research                                
Extraction and delivery of bioactives
Hobbies: Movie, soccer
Email: liyang.xie@huskers.unl.edu

 

Undergraduate Students

 

Qianyi Chen
Education                                
Senior, UNL                     2015-present       
Research                                
Gluten-free products (UCARE)
  
Hobbies: Eat sushi
Email: chenqianyi1997@163.com

 

Visiting Scholars and Students

Shan Huang
Employment                               
Professor, Guangxi Teachers Education University, China                     2012-present       
Research                                
Quantum dots, protein interactions
  
Hobbies: 
Email: huangs@whu.edu.cn

 

Former Members

Hollman Motta Romero, MS student, 2016-2018
Current status: Ph.D, Food Science & Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Email: hollmanmoro@huskers.unl.edu

  

Yang Li, Visiting MS student, 2017-2018
MS, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, China
Email: yangzili24@126.com