Topic: A Brief Overview ISU-FSHN and Wang’s Lipid Chemistry and Application Research

Speaker: Dr. Tong Wang

Place: The Sixth FloorLecture Hall, College of Food Science and Engineering, North Campus

Time: 15:00-17:00, 9th Jan, 2017

Tong Wang, professor ofIowa State University,Associate Editor for Journal of AOCS,Chaired the Phospholipid Division,co-organized AOCS-PHOS Division's Short Course and Forum.Dr. Wang received her PhD degrees from Iowa State University in 1998.In 2000, she worked at department of Food Science and Human Nutritionin ISU, and in 2010 she became a full-time professorin ISU.

Main theme: Processing and value-added utilization of soybeans, corn, egg, and other agricultural products or by-products, primarily for their lipid components, with the following three areas of specialization: (1)Basic Lipid Chemistry Research(2) Protein Research (3)Biorenewables or Bio-based Products Research.To date, Dr. Wang has published 132 peer-reviewed journal articles, 11 book chapters and 8 patents and patent applications.She has received 74 funded research grants, with $7.9 million total funding and mentored 29 graduate students (11 PhD, 18 MS), with 23 (8 PhD, 15 MS) to completion; and 19 post-docs and visiting scientists.

College of Food Science and Engineering
5th Jan, 2017