Ph.D. - Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 1991 M.S. - Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University. 1988 B.S. - Mechanical Engineering, China Agricultural University. 1983

Renewable energy and materials, bioenergy, microalgae, waste management and utilization, food engineering, food safety, nonthermal processing, functional food, nondestructive and noninvasive instrumentation for food analysis

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