Title: Deputy Director/Professor

Address: College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, No.22 Xinong Road, Yangling Shaanxi, 712100, China

Tel: 86-29-87092817

Email: zhigangliu@nwsuaf.edu.cn

Personal Links

Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=P0rmUuYAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID   https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-6863-6561

EDUCATION

2010-2015    Ph.D., Northwest A&F University, China, Food Science

2013-2015 Joint Ph.D., University of Southern California, USA, Pharmacy

2010-2015    B.S., Northwest A&F University, Food Quality & Safety

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

2020- present Vice Dean of Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, China

2020- present Professor of Food Science, College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, China

2020- present Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Deutsche Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE, Germany Institute of Human Nutrition), Germany

2020-2020 Visiting Professor, Department of Food Science, Cornell University, USA

2019-2020 Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Food Science, Cornell University, USA

2017-2020 Associate Professor of Food Science, College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, China

2015-2017 Assistant Professor of Food Science, College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, China

Professional Activities:

Editor

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Associate Editor; Food and Humanity (New journal of Elsevier); Frontiers in Neuroinflammation and Neuropathy; Frontiers in Aging Psychiatry

Topic Editor

Antioxidants; Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience; Frontiers in Nutrition

Ad-Hoc Reviewer Advanced Science, Advanced Materials, Brain Behavior and Immunity, Redox biology, Protein & Cell, Journal of Neurochemistry, Free radical biology & Medicine, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, Food & function, Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Journal of Functional Foods, Journal of Nutrition, Planta Medica, Toxicology in vitro, etc.

Research Interests:

His research group focuses primarily on dietary nutrition intervention for gut and brain health. The main areas of research include investigating the mechanisms of gut-brain interaction in brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, autism, anxiety, and depression in specific populations. They also study the impact and mechanisms of characteristic dietary patterns on brain health, as well as the discovery and evaluation of functional nutritional components.