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Dr. Haotian Zheng

Associate Professor in Food Chemistry, Department of FOOD, BIOPROCESSING & NUTRITION SCIENCES

Editorial Board Member: Journal of Dairy Science

Editorial Board Member: BMC Chemistry by Springer-Nature

Journal Topics Board Member: Dairy by MDPI

  • Ph.D., Food Science, University of Otago, New Zealand (2014), Advisor: Dr. David Everett; Dr. Rafael Jimenez-Flores; Dr. Keith Gordon
  • M.S., Food Technology, Wageningen University, Netherlands (2010), Advisor: Dr. Harry Gruppen; Dr. Peter Wierenga
  • B.Eng., Food Science & Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, China (2007)
Postdoctoral researcher
  1. Dr. Qihui Wu (PhD obtained from University of Melbourne, Australia), research: protein chemistry, rheology, colloid and interface, digestion (Lab time 2024-onwards)
  2. Dr. Usman Amin (PhD obtained from NC State), research: food colloids, LAOS rheology, tangential flow filtration (MF/UF), spray drying (Lab time 2021-onwards)
PhD student:
  1. Evelyn Lin (BS & MS obtained from NC State), research keywords: protein gel, emulsion, LAOS rheology, interfacial characterizations (Lab time 2021-2023 MS; 2023-)
  2. Tyler Jarrard (MS obtained from BYU), research keywords: tangential flow filtration (ultrafiltration & microfiltration), enzymology, milk protein ingredients, spray drying (Lab time 2023Fall-)
  3. Zhoutai Teng (MS obtained from UMass-Amherst) (Lab time 2023-), research keywords: protein ingredient functionality
  4. Sophie Liang (MS obtained from Wageningen University, Netherlands), research keywords: liquid chromatography (for dairy ingredients)
  • Vacant (position available)
MS student
  • Vacant (position available)
Lab associate/intern:
  • Vacant (position available)

Lab Alumni
  1. Bhavana Uppili (intern, 2020 summer)
  2. Nikhilesh Gore (temporary lab assistant, 2020-2021)
  3. Jonathan Strum (temporary lab assistant, 2020-2021)
  4. Chloe Brubaker (intern 2021 summer)
  5. Michelle Liang (intern 2021 summer)
  6. Zuri Kornegay (intern 2021 summer)
  7. Avinash Patel (Postdoc. Feb.2021 – Jan.2022)
  8. Andrew Christenson (MS 2020-2022), project key words: protein aggregates, Pickering emulsion, interfacial studies
  9. Yueyue Jiang (2022 summer intern from NC State)
  10. Nicolas Cheng (2022 summer intern from UC Davis; after lab position: Cornell Grad school)
  11. Sam Wang (2022-2023 research intern; after lab position: Virginia Tech, PhD)
  12. Min Feng (visiting scholar from Chongqing Technology and Business University, China): (2022-2023)
  13. Haoyi An (MS, 2022-2024)
  14. Lottie Pate (Undergraduate intern, 2024)
  15. Kailee Adomaites [Sustainable Protein Undergraduate Research Scholar (SPURS), The Bezos Center for Sustainable Proteins, 2025 summer]
  16. Yijing Shao (PhD, Class 2021-2025, after lab position: Mars Petcare)
  17. Hanyu Shi (PhD, Class 2022-2026)

Zheng Lab 2024

2024 Summer, Lab Barbeque at Raleigh, NC

Zheng Lab 2022

2022 Nov. Lab Barbeque at Jordan Lake, Raleigh, NC

Zheng Lab 2021

     

Graduate students at Zheng Lab: Usman Amin (PhD student), Yijing Shao (PhD student), Evelyn Lin (MS student), Andrew Christenson (MS student)