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Welcome to
Laboratory for Precisely Designed Smart Food
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Zipei Zhang, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Division of Food, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences, University of Missouri
Dr. Zhang received his Ph.D. degree in Food Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst under the supervision of Prof. McClements in 2019. He was a postdoc associate in the laboratory of Prof. Kohane and Prof. Robert Langer between 2019-2022 in Harvard Medical School. Dr. Zhang joined Mizzou in 2023 as an assistant professor in the Division of Food, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences at the College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources.
Principal Investigator
Research
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Our aim is to develop revolutionary novel strategies to solve current most pressing concerns in food and biomedical areas. We are devoted to development of precisely designed “smart systems” based on physical chemistry by using food ingredients as building blocks to improve the food quality, safety and nutritional properties. We are also exploring the utilization of food grade ingredients to develop “smart systems” for biomedical applications.
If you are interested in our research or have any questions about what we do, please feel free to contact Dr. Zhang by email.