CHEN Jiajia

　　Title: Assistant Professor of Practice

　　Address: 249 Food Innovation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln USA, 68588

　　Tel: 001-402-419-0268

　　Email: jiajia.chen@unl.edu

　　Education Background:

　　2011-2015  Ph.D.,    University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

　　2008-2011  M.Sc.,   Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China

　　2004-2008  B.Sc.,    Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China

　　Working Experiences:

　　2016-present        Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Food Science and

　　Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

　　2015-2016           Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Systems

　　Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

　　Research Interests:

　　My research has been mainly focusing on developing and using non-traditional thermal food processing technologies of electromagnetic heating (microwave and radio frequency heating) to improve food quality and safety through modeling and experimental approaches. I am also interested in using pulsed electric fields (PEF) technology to enhance extraction of bioactive compounds from vegetables and fruits, and developing integrative models for understanding the nexus of food-energy-water.