Kexin Zhang
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Dairy Process Analytical Technology (PAT)Research Interests
My research interests focus on 1) Process analytical technology (PAT) with machine learning on Irish raw milk industry samples to predict compositional and functional parameters for more efficient decision-making of milk processability; 2) Analytical chemistry techniques for key fundamental food and pharmaceutical ingredients; 3) Diagnostics and investigations of non-thermal based plasma treatments on biomolecule modifications (i.e. the changes of rheological properties in protein and polysaccharides).
Education
- PhD in Biosystem and food engineering, University College Dublin & Teagasc Food Research Centre (Ashtown)
- MEng in Food Engineering, University College Dublin
- BEng in Pharmaceutical Engineering (Pilot Class), bejing University of chemical Technology
- Zhang, K., Zhao, M., Sun, D.W. and Tiwari, B.K., 2023. Correlation of plasma generated long-lived reactive species in aqueous and gas phases with different feeding gases. Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 32(4), p.045015.
- Zhang, K., Zhang, Z., Zhao, M., Milosavljević, V., Cullen, P.J., Scally, L., Sun, D.W. and Tiwari, B.K., 2021. Low-pressure plasma modification of the rheological properties of tapioca starch. Food Hydrocolloids, p.107380.
- Zhang, K., Perussello, C.A., Milosavljević, V., Cullen, P.J., Sun, D.W. and Tiwari, B.K. 2019, Diagnostics of plasma reactive species and induced chemistry of plasma treated foods. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 1-14.
- Zhang, K., Pu, Y.-Y. & Sun, D.-W. 2018. Recent advances in quality preservation of postharvest mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus): A review. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 78, 72-82.
- ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kexin-Zhang-30