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(Office): Rm G05, Science Centre East Block, CUHK
(Lab): Rm G90, Science Centre South Block, CUHK

 People Guanqun Wang 

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Education

2018 Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2014 M.Sc., Zhejiang University
2011 B.Sc., Shandong Agricultural University


Positions

  • Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Research Interests

  • Transcriptional regulation mediated by RNA modifications for the crop improvement
  • RNA modifications in regulation of crop hybrid vigor


Representative Publications

  1. Li H, Wang G., Ye C, Zou Z, Jiang B, Yang F, He K, Ju C, Zhang L, Gao B, Liu S, Chen Y, Zhang J, He C. Quantitative RNA pseudouridine maps reveal multilayered translation control through plant rRNA, tRNA and mRNA pseudouridylation. Nat Plants. 2025 Jan 9. doi: 10.1038/s41477-024-01894-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39789092.
  2. Wang, G., Li, H., Ye, C., He, Kayla., Liu S., Jiang B., Zhang, J., He, C. Quantitative profiling of m6A at single base resolution across the life cycle of rice and Arabidopsis (2024). Nature Communications, 15(1), 4881.
  3. Li, H., You, C., Manabu, Y., Yang, X., Gu, H., Li, C., Cui, J., Chen, X.,† Ye, N.,† Zhang, J., Wang, G. A spontaneous thermo-sensitive female sterility mutation in rice endows full mechanized hybrid breeding. (2022). Cell Research, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-022-00711-0.
  4. Wang, G., Li, X., Ye, N., Li, H. & Zhang, J. OsTPP1 regulates seed germination through the crosstalk with abscisic acid in rice. (2021). New Phytologist, 230(5): 1925-1939.
  5. Wang, G., Li, X., An, Y., Zhang, J., Li, H. Transient ChIP-Seq for Genome-wide In Vivo DNA Binding Landscape. (2021). Trends in plant science, S1360-1385.
  6. Wang, G., Li, X., Ye, N., Li, H. & Zhang, J.. The chromatin accessibility landscape of pistils and anthers in rice. (2022). Plant Physiology, 190(4), 2797-2811.
  7. Wang, G., Li, H., Meng, S., Yang, J., Ye, N., & Zhang, J. Analysis of global methylome and gene expression during carbon reserve mobilization in stems under soil drying. (2020). Plant Physiology, 183(4), 1809-1824.
  8. Wang, G., Li, H., Wang, K., Yang, J., Duan, M., Zhang, J., & Ye, N. Regulation of gene expression involved in the remobilization of rice straw carbon reserves results from moderate soil drying during grain filling. (2020). The Plant Journal, 101(3), 604-618.
  9. Wang, G., Li, X., Ye, N., Li, H., & Zhang, J. Comprehensive epigenome and transcriptome analysis of the carbon reserve remobilization in indica and japonica rice stems under soil drying. (2020). Journal of Experimental Botany.
  10. Wang, G., Li, H., Feng, L., Chen, M., Meng, S., Ye, N., & Zhang, J. Transcriptomic analysis of grain filling in rice inferior grains under moderate soil drying. (2019). Journal of Experimental Botany, 70(5), 1597-1611.


Patents

  • Wang, G. Q., Li, D.Q., Zhang, J. Q., & Xia, Y. P.. (2013).A method of Hybrid Seeds Germination of Louisiana Iris . (Patent number: ZL201310539514.X)
  • Wang, G. Q., Xia, Y. P., Li, D.Q., Shen, B. C., & Wei. S.F. (2014).A method of using chlormequat chloride to promote lateral bud germination in Iris germanica (Patent number: ZL201410448169.3)


Awards

  • Oral presentation award of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2015-2016)
  • National Scholarship of Mainland of China in Zhejiang University (2013)


Professional Activities

  • Editorial Board of Plant Physiology as Review Editor for Frontiers in Physiology and Frontiers in Plant Science.
  • Reviewer’s for Trends in Plant Science, Plant Physiology, Frontiers in Plant Science, and BMC Plant Biology

Address

(Office): Rm 609, Mong Man Wai Building, CUHK
(Lab): Rm 610, Mong Man Wai Building, CUHK

 People Guanqun Wang 

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Education

2016 Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2012 B.Med.Sci, Southern Medical University


Positions

  • 2025 – present Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong KongSchool of Life Sciences
  • 2021 – 2024 Research Associate, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2019 – 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford
  • 2017 – 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Research Interests

  • Neurobiology of primary cilium
  • Pathogenic mechanisms of human neurological diseases
  • Human stem cells and their neuronal derivatives


Representative Publications

Full publication list: ORCID 0000-0002-9276-0378

  1. Chen, Z.S., Ou, M., Taylor, S., Dafinca, R., Peng, S.I., Talbot, K. and Chan, H.Y.E. (2023) Mutant GGGGCC RNA prevents YY1 from binding to Fuzzy promoter which stimulates Wnt/β-catenin pathway in C9ALS/FTD. Nat. Commun. 14(1), 8420.
  2. Chen, Z.S., Yan, M., Pei, W., Yan, B., Huang, C. and Chan, H.Y.E. (2022) Lignin-carbohydrate complexes suppress SCA3 neurodegeneration via upregulating proteasomal activities. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 218, 690-705.
  3. An, Y., Chen, Z.S., Chan, H.Y.E. and Ngo, J.C.K. (2022) Molecular insights into the interaction of CAG trinucleotide RNA repeats with nucleolin and its implication in polyglutamine diseases. Nucleic Acids Res. 50(13), 7655-7668.
  4. Chen, Z.S., Huang, X., Talbot, K. and Chan, H.Y.E. (2021) A fine balance between Prpf19 and Exoc7 in achieving degradation of aggregated protein and suppression of cell death in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3. Cell Death Dis. 12(2), 136.
  5. Peng, S., Guo, P., Lin, X., An, Y., Sze, K.H., Lau, M.H.Y., Chen, Z.S., Wang, Q., Li, W., Sun, J.K.L., Ma, S.Y., Chan, T.F., Lau, K.F., Ngo, J.C.K., Kwan, K.M., Wong, C.H., Lam, S.L., Zimmerman, S.C., Tuccinardi, T., Zuo, Z., Au-Yeung, H.Y., Chow, H.M. and Chan, H.Y.E. (2021) CAG RNAs induce DNA damage and apoptosis by silencing NUDT16 expression in polyglutamine degeneration. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 118(19), e2022940118.
  6. Pei, W.*, Chen, Z.S.*, Chan, H.Y.E., Zheng, L., Liang, C. and Huang, C. (2020) Isolation and identification of a novel anti-protein aggregation activity of lignin-carbohydrate complex from Chionanthus retusus leaves. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 8, 573991.
  7. Chen, Z.S.*, Wong, A.K.Y.*, Cheng, T.C., Koon, A.C. and Chan, H.Y.E. (2019) FipoQ/FBXO33, a Cullin-1-based ubiquitin ligase complex component modulates ubiquitination and solubility of polyglutamine disease protein. J. Neurochem. 149(6), 781-798. (Featured on the cover of the issue)
  8. Hong, H.*, Koon, A.C.*, Chen, Z.S.*, Wei, Y., An, Y., Li, W., Lau, M.H.Y., Lau, K.F., Ngo, J.C.K., Wong, C.H., Au-Yeung, H.Y., Zimmerman, S.C. and Chan, H.Y.E. (2019) AQAMAN, a bisamidine-based inhibitor of toxic protein inclusions in neurons, ameliorates cytotoxicity in polyglutamine disease models. J. Biol. Chem. 294(8), 2757-2770. (Featured on the cover of the issue)
  9. Chen, Z.S., Li, L., Peng, S., Chen, F.M., Zhang, Q., An, Y., Lin, X., Li, W., Koon, A.C., Chan, T.F., Lau, K.F., Ngo, J.C.K., Wong, W.T., Kwan, K.M. and Chan, H.Y.E. (2018) Planar cell polarity gene Fuz triggers apoptosis in neurodegenerative disease models. EMBO Rep. 19(9), e45409.
  10. Koon, A.C., Chen, Z.S., Peng, S., Fung, J.M.S., Zhang, X., Lembke, K.M., Chow, H.K., Frank, C.A., Jiang, L., Lau, K.F. and Chan, H.Y.E. (2018) Drosophila Exo70 is essential for neurite extension and survival under thermal stress. J. Neurosci. 38(37), 8071-8086.


Patents

  • Chan, H.Y.E.; Peng, S.I.; Chen, Z.S. miRNA dysregulation correction as a strategy to treat Huntington’s disease. US Provisional Patent 63/384,243, November 18, 2022.
  • Zhou, X.; Chen, Z.; Yang, B.; Lin, X.; Liu, J.; Liu, Y. Sea moth extract as well as preparation method thereof and application thereof. China Patent CN102973606A, March 20, 2013.


Awards

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neurosciences, CUHK and University of Oxford


Professional Activities

  • 2019 – present Review Editor for Neurodegeneration, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • 2019 External Reviewer for National Research Agency, France
  • 2018 Discussion Leader, Gordon Research Seminar for Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
  • 2015 Organizing Committee Member, Hong Kong Inter-University Postgraduate Symposium on Life Sciences

Address

(Office): Rm 507B, Mong Man Wai Building, CUHK
(Lab): Rm 507E and 508, Mong Man Wai Building, CUHK

 People Benoit T 

Phone

(Office): (852) 3943 6390
(Lab): (852) 3943 0316
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Education

2011 Ph.D Environmental Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada (GEOTOP)
2006 M.Sc Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada (GEOTOP)
2003 B.Sc. Geology (spec. environment), University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada

Positions

  • 2021-present     Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2015-2021         Research Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong
  • 2013-2015         Researcher, Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Literature, Mainz, Germany c/o Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research (GEOMAR), Kiel, Germany
  • 2010-2013         Postdoctoral Fellow, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Research Interests

  • Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics
  • Stable Isotope Geochemistry
  • Anthropogenic impacts
  • Paleoceanography & paleoclimate

Representative Publications

  1. Thibodeau, B., Allais, L*., Agusto, L. E*., So, M. W. K*., & Cannicci, S. (2023). Isotopes of amino acids give novel insights on nitrogen sources partitioning and trophic position of invertebrates in a subtropical mangrove. Ecological Indicators, 150, 110261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110261
  2. Yau, Y. Y*., Geeraert, N., Baker, D. M., & Thibodeau, B. (2022). Elucidating seasonal changes in the source of atmospheric nitrogen pollution in a heavily urbanised environment using multiple stable isotopes. Science of the total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154781
  3. Doherty, J.M.*, Ling, Y.F.#, Not, C., Erler, D., Bauch, H.A., Paytan, A., & Thibodeau, B. (2021). Freshening, stratification and deep-water formation in the Nordic Seas during marine isotope stage 11. Quaternary Science Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107231
  4. Doherty, J.M*., Williams, B., Kline, E., Adey, W., & Thibodeau, B. (2021). Climate-modulated nutrient conditions along the Labrador Shelf: Evidence from nitrogen isotopes in a six-hundred-year-old crustose coralline alga. Paleoceanography & Paleoclimatology, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020PA004149
  5. Geeraert, N., Archana, A., Xu, M. N., Kao, S. J., Baker, D. M & Thibodeau, B. (2021) Investigating the link between Pearl River-induced eutrophication and hypoxia in Hong Kong shallow coastal waters. Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145007
  6. Yau, Y. Y., Baker, D. M., & Thibodeau, B (2020). Quantifying the impact of anthropogenic atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the generation of hypoxia under future emission scenarios in Chinese coastal waters. Environmental Science & Technology, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.0c00706
  7. Thibodeau, B Not, C., Zhu, J., Schmittner, A., Noone, D., Tabor, C., et al. (2018). Last Century Warming Over the Canadian Atlantic Shelves Linked to Weak Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(22), 12,376-12,385. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080083
  8. Yau, Y. Y., Thibodeau, B., & Not, C. (2018). Impact of cutting meat intake on hidden greenhouse gas emissions in an import-reliant city. Environmental Research Letters, 13(6). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aabd45
  9. Thibodeau, B., Bauch, D., & Voss, M. (2017). Nitrogen dynamic in Eurasian coastal Arctic ecosystem: Insight from nitrogen isotope. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 31(5), 836–849. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GB005593
  10. Thibodeau, B., Bauch, H. A., & Pedersen, T. F. (2017). Stratification-induced variations in nutrient utilization in the Polar North Atlantic during past interglacials. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 457, 127–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.09.060

Research Grants

  • 2024-2029, RGC AoE, Study of the Regional Earth System for Sustainable Development under Climate Change in the Greater Bay Area, 87,147,000 HKD
  • 2022-2024, ECF, Establishing ecological redundancy baseline for Hong Kong mangroves, 1,302,050 HKD 
  • 2021-2024, RGC GRF, Reconstruction of the western North Atlantic intermediate water temperature over the last 7,000 years, 666,512 HKD
  • 2019-2022, RGC CRF, SIRMS 2.0: Establishing Asia's premier stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry laboratory in Hong Kong, 7,604,007 HKD
  • 2019-2022, RGC GRF, Developing a high-resolution record of nitrogen isotopes in the sub-polar and polar North Atlantic during two key interglacial periods, 505,298 HKD
  • 2018-2019, Airport Authority Marine Ecology & Fisheries Enhancement Fund, Unravelling the strength behind the ecosystem resilience of Tung Chung mangrove: A high-resolution mapping of its food web, 615,620 HKD
  • 2014-2016, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Individual Research Grant, Unravelling the importance of the Laptev Sea system in the Arctic biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen, 45,600 €

Professional Activities

  • Scientific advisor, Seneca Impact Advisors
  • Advisory Board, Meo Air Analytic Ltd
  • Associate Editor | Frontiers in Marine Sciences | Marine Biogeochemistry | FEB 2018 – APR 2020
  • Review Editor | Frontiers in Marine Sciences | Marine Biogeochemistry | JUN 2015 - FEB 2018

Address

(Office): Rm 288, Science Centre South Block, CUHK
(Lab): Rm 376, 376A and 377, Science Centre South Block, CUHK

 People Martin Tsui 

Phone

(Office): (852) 3943 6123
(Lab): (852) 3943 1307
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Education

2010 Ph.D., University of Minnesota
2002 M.Phil., Chinese University of  Hong Kong
2000 B.Sc., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology


Positions

  • 2021/6-now    Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2022/8-now    Joint appointment with Earth and Environmental Sciences programme, Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2022/8-now    Director of Environmental Science Programme, Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2023/1-now    Member, State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong
  • 2022/1-12       Member, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2021/11-now   Fellow, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2019-2021      Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • 2013-2019      Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • 2011-2013      Turner Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan


Research Interests

  • Environmental pollution
  • Ecosystem biogeochemistry
  • Stable isotope applications
  • Environmental molecular applications
  • Environmental human health


Representative Publications

  1. Stinson I, Li H, Tsui MTK, Ku P, Ulus Y, Cheng Z, Lam HM (2024) Tree foliage as a net accumulator of highly toxic methylmercury. Scientific Reports 14: 1757.
  2. Zhong H, Tang w, Li Z, Sonne C, Lam SS, Zhang X, Kwon SY, Rinklebe J, Nunes LM, Yu RQ, Gu B, Hintelmann H, Tsui MTK, Zhao J, Zhou XQ, Wu M, Liu B, Hao Y, Chen L, Zhang B, Tan W, Zhang X, Ren H, Liu YR (2024) Soil Geobacteraceae predict neurotoxic methylmercury in rice. Nature Food 5: 301-311.
  3. Tsui MTK, Kwon SY, Li M, Bishop K (2023) Revisiting the relationship between mercury emission and bioaccumulation. Eco-Environment & Health 2: 1-2.
  4. Lei P, Yu RQ, Kong Y, Bertilsson S, Tsui MTK, Jiang T, Zhao J, Liu YR, Joerg R, Zhong H (2023) Properly interpret metabolic inhibition results to identify primary mercury methylating microbes. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
  5. Ullah R, Tsui MTK, Chow A, Chen H, Williams C, Ligaba-Osena A (2023) Micro(nano)plastic pollution in terrestrial ecosystem: Emphasis on impacts of polystyrene on soil biota, plants, animals, and humans. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 195: 252.
  6. Ulus Y, Tsui MTK, Sakar A, Nyarko P, Aitmbarek NB, Ardón M, Chow AT (2022) Declines of methylmercury along a salinity gradient in a low-lying coastal wetland ecosystem at South Carolina, USA. Chemosphere 308: 136310
  7. Li H, Tsui MTK, Ku P, Chen H, Yin Z, Dahlgren RA, Parikh SJ, Wei J, Hoang TC, Chow AT, Cheng Z, Zhu XM (2022) Impacts of forest fire ash on aquatic mercury cycling. Environmental Science & Technology 56: 11835-11844.
  8. Yang YH, Kwon SY, Tsui MTK, Motta LC, Washburn SJ, Park J, Kim M, Shing KH (2022) Ecological traits of fish for mercury biomonitoring: Insights from compound specific nitrogen and stable mercury isotopes. Environmental Science & Technology 56: 10808-10817.
  9. Li M, Kwon SY, Poulin B, Tsui MTK, Motta L, Cho M (2022) Internal dynamics and metabolism of mercury in biota: A review of insights from mercury stable isotopes. Environmental Science & Technology 56: 9182-9195.
  10. Liu J, Li Y, Duan D, Peng G, Li P, Lei P, Zhong H, Tsui MTK, Pan K (2022) Effects and mechanisms of organic matter regulating the methylmercury dynamics in mangrove sediments. Journal of Hazardous Materials 432: 128690.


Research Grants

  • 2025-2027, Research Grants Council (RGC) Earmarked Grants, General Research Fund, Ecosystem controls on the production and degradation of highly toxic methylmercury in upland vegetated landscapes, $910,742 (HKD)
  • 2024-2025, Chinese University of Hong Kong, IdeaBooster Fund, A green solution to agriculture: Development of eco-friendly biochar and validation in local crop production, $100,000 (HKD)
  • 2024-2026, Research Grants Council (RGC) Earmarked Grants, General Research Fund, Production of methylmercury and its linkage to biomagnification in food webs at a subtropical mangrove ecosystem, $877,079 (HKD)
  • 2023-2025, Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF), Environmental Research, Technology Demonstration and Conference Projects, Baseline characterization of mercury levels and its potential toxicity in shorebirds in Mai Po Nature Reserve and Deep Bay, $495,200 (HKD)
  • 2023-2025, State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Examination of ecological, microbial, and geochemical factors in determining bioaccumulation of highly toxic methylmercury in natural mangrove ecosystems, $500,000 (HKD)
  • 2019-2025, National Science Foundation (USA) Division of Earth Sciences, Collaborative Proposal: Response of mercury cycling to disturbance and restoration of low-gradient forested watersheds, $164,740 (USD) (formerly as PI)


Awards

  • 2015, Candace Bernard & Robert Glickman Dean’s Professorship, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • 2011, Honorable Mention, Dissertation Award, Universities Council on Water Resources
  • 2010, Turner Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan
  • 2009, Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota
  • 2009, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, U.S. National Science Foundation
  • 2007, Chris Lee Award for Metals Research, Society Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry


Professional Activities

Editoral Services

  • Editorial Board member, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2021-now)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Quality (2017-2022)

Research Proposal Review

  • National Science Foundation (USA)
  • Research Grant Council (Hong Kong)

Manuscript Review (selected journals)

  • PNAS, Nature Geoscience, Environmental Science & Technology, Science of the Total Environment, etc.

 

 

Address

(Office): Rm 608, Mong Man Wai Building, CUHK
(Lab): Rm 610 and 618, Mong Man Wai Building, CUHK

   People LI Cheng
 

Phone

(Office): (852) 3943 7661
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Education

2015 Ph.D., The University of Queensland
2011 B.Sc., Northwest A & F University


Positions

  • Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, CUHK


Research Interests

  • Starch structure-function relationships
  • Carbohydrates and health
  • Cereal chemistry and processing


Representative Publications

  1. Gong, B., Cheng, L., Gilbert, R. G., & Li, C. (2019). Distribution of short to medium amylose chains are major controllers of in vitro digestion of retrograded rice starch. Food Hydrocolloids, 96, 634-643.
  2. Li, C., Luo, J., Zhang, C., & Yu, W. (2020). Causal relations among starch chain-length distributions, short-term retrogradation and cooked rice texture. Food Hydrocolloids, 108, 106064.
  3. Li, C., Yu, W., Wu, P., & Chen, X. (2020). Current in vitro digestion systems for understanding food digestion in human upper gastrointestinal tract. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 96, 114-126.
  4. Li, C., Hu, Y., & Li, E. (2021). Effects of amylose and amylopectin chain-length distribution on the kinetics of long-term rice starch retrogradation. Food Hydrocolloids, 111, 106239.
  5. Li, C., Hu, Y., Gu, F., & Gong, B. (2021). Causal relations among starch fine molecular structure, lamellar/crystalline structure and in vitro digestion kinetics of native rice starch. Food & Function, 12, 682-695.
  6. Li, C., & Hu, Y. (2022). In vitro and animal models to predict the glycemic index value of carbohydrate-containing foods. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 120, 16-24.
  7. Li, C., & Hu, Y. (2022). Modeling of in vitro digestogram by consecutive reaction kinetics model reveals the nature of starch digestive characteristics. Food Hydrocolloids, 124, 107203.
  8. Li, E., Cao, P., Cao, W., & Li, C. (2022). Relations between starch fine molecular structures with gelatinization property under different moisture content. Carbohydrate Polymers, 278, 118955.
  9. Shao, S., Li, E., Yu, S., Yi, X., Zhang, X., Yang, C., Gilbert, R. G., & Li, C. (2023). Subtle differences in starch fine molecular structure are associated with large differences in texture and digestibility of Chinese steamed bread. Food Hydrocolloids, 134, 108090.
  10. Li, E., Lv, J., Huo, D., Jia, B., & Li, C. (2023). Importance of amylose chain-length distribution in determining starch gelatinization and retrogradation property of wheat flour in the presence of different salts. Carbohydrate Polymers, 308, 120648.


Research Grants

  1. 2021-2023, Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Investigation of the effects of amylose on the digestibility of rice starch based on the evolution of its supramolecular structures during gelatinization and retrogradation, RMB¥ 300000.
  2. 2019-2022, Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation, The mechanism of amylose fine molecular structure affecting the digestibility of rice starch at the retrograded state, RMB¥ 200000.
  3. 2019-2022, Jiangsu Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, Development of resistant starch in baked foods, RMB¥ 150000.

 

Patents

  1. Yu, W., Zou, W., Li, C. (2022) A novel method for quickly measuring the glycemic index of carbohydrate, Invention patent, (ZL202110458696.2).
  2. Li, S., Cao, P., Wang, J., Li, E., Li, C. (2022) A novel method to prepare starch nano-fiber based on the electrospinning, Invention patent, (ZL202111253929.1)


Awards

  • World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists by Stanford University, 2021
  • Jiangsu Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, 2019
  • Top Young Scientist Presentation Prize of the International Symposium on Advances in Cereal Science for Asia, 2015
  • 64th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference travel award, 2014
  • American Association of Cereal Chemists International (AACCI) annual meeting student travel award, 2013


Professional Activities

  • Associate editor, Frontiers in Nutrition
  • Guest editor for Foods, MDPI
  • Guest editor for Gels, MDP
  • Guest editor for Frontiers in Nutrition