XU, Zhimin
Title: Professor
Address: School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Tel: 225 578 5280
Email: zxu@agcenter.lsu.edu
Education Background:
1985 - B.S. Biochemistry, East China Univ. of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
1994 - M.S. Food Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
1998 - Ph.D. Food Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Professional Experience:
2015 – present Professor, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Louisiana State University
2009 – 2015 Associate Professor, Department of Food Science, Louisiana State University
2003 – 2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science, Louisiana State University
1999 – 2003 Post-doc researcher, Department of Food Science, Louisiana State University
1998 – 1999 Post-doc researcher, Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts
Research Interests:
Extraction, isolation, and characterization of health promoting compounds in agricultural and food products
Utilization of the health promoting compounds to improve food quality and value Characterization and determination of flavor volatiles and colorants in food products and their changes during food processing
Food microconstituent and adulterant analysis using chromatography technique
Professional Activities
Editorial board member of the International Journal of Food Science and Technology
Member at large of the Food Chemistry Division of Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
Invited external reviewer for Sweden International Foundation for Science and Chinese, Swiss and Romanian National Science Foundations
Invited Ph.D. thesis external examiner for Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich; School of Agriculture, Food & Wine Plant Research Center, The University of Adelaide, Australia; Department of Dairy and Food Sciences and Technology, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Chair of the Graduate Student Competition of Food Chemistry Session of 2008 to 2010 IFT Annual Meeting