Faculty & Staff - Yiming Feng, Ph.D.

Yiming Feng, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

 

Expertise: 

Food structure characterization, Hydrocolloids & emulsions, Food waste valorization, Food material sciences, Food processing engineering

Education:

• Postdoctoral training: Department of Food Science and Technology, Virginia Tech, 2018 - 2020
• Ph.D. Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018
• B.S. Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013

Recent year teaching assignments: 

• FSN 204 (Food Processing Operations)
• FSN 474 (Advanced Food Processing) 

Research and professional interests:

• Deciphering complex food structures by advanced characterization techniques and simulation tools
• Develop food products/ingredients with reduced sodium, fat, and sugar
• Valorization of food wastes and by-products for value-added products
• Develop precise processing strategies to finely control and tune targeting food structures