Group Members
Group Leader
Yigal Achmon
Associate Professor
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Group Members
Bixia Qiu
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
PhD student
Bixia Qiu, graduated from Jiangnan University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Food Quality and Safety and a Master’s Degree in Food Science and Engineering. After that, She worked as an R&D Engineer in the Research and Development center of Sirio Health Technology Co., Ltd from 2018 to 2021. She joined in the Lab of Food Substainabiome from March 2021 and currently She is doing a PhD Program in Prof. Achmon’s lab. She is looking forward to exploring the world of food substainablity and hope to make some discovery and learn more skills.
Xiaohui An
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
PhD student
Xiaohui An obtained a bachelor’s degree in Food safety from Huazhong Agricultural University and a master’s degree in Food biotechnology from the Center for Viticulture & Enology of China Agricultural University. During his stay at the Center for Viticulture & Enology, he mastered techniques of molecular biology and chemical analysis. Now, he is very glad to devote himself to the research of food sustainability in Prof. Achmon’s lab. He believes that sustainable development will greatly contribute to environmental protection and will surely make the world a better place.
Peirong Yu
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
PhD student
Peirong Yu received her bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology and Food Engineering from Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) in 2021. Then she joined in the research team of the Laboratory of Food Substainabiome and is currently pursuing a direct PhD degree. Her research focuses on the quality change during simulated storage and the controlled delivery during sex-based digestion of Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, the dried pericarp derived from Citrus reticulata Blanco and used as a popular dietary supplement.
Yuying Zeng
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
PhD student
Yuying Zeng received his bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology and Food Engineering from Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) in 2021. Subsequently, he embarked on his graduate journey under the guidance of Professor Yigal, and he is currently pursuing a direct PhD program. His research primarily focuses on the field of ionic liquids, encompassing the exploration of the potential of ionic liquids in tea waste extraction, monitoring volatile organic compounds as indicators during the ionic liquid extraction process, and investigating the unique fermentation of tea residue within ionic liquids, and so on.
Chunyu Li
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
PhD student
Chunyu Li graduated from Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) with a bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology and Food Engineering. She then joined in Prof. Achmon’s lab as a MSc student, and transferred to be a PhD student from September 2023. Her research is on reusing municipal food wastes as soil amendments for soil biosolarization.
Yancui Liang
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Msc student
Yancui Liang, graduated from Shantou University with a Bachelor’s degree in applied chemistry in 2020. She is doing master program in Prof. Achmon’s lab, working on development new type of biodegradable polymer in agriculture industry.
Liye Chen
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Research Assistant
Liye Chen, graduated from Hebei Agricultural University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science and Engineering, then pursued her Master’s study in Food Science from Beijing University of Agriculture. After that, She worked as an R&D Engineer in the Beijing co, LTD. Food from 2020 to 2021. She joined in the Lab of Food Substainabiome from August 2021 and currently She is an RA in Prof. Achmon’s lab. She is looking forward to exploring the world of food sustainability and hope to make some discovery and learn more skills.
Runying Liu
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Research Assistant
Runying Liu, graduated from Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s degree in 2023, majoring in Biotechnology and Food Engineering. She joined the Lab of Food Substainabiome in April 2022 and currently She works as a research assistant in Prof. Yigal ACHMON’s lab. She has been fortunate to gain experience in GTIIT where She was not only to improve her lab skills but also to build a solid foundation for her future development.
Zixin Jiang
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Research Assistant
Zixin Jiang, graduated from Technion Israel Institute of Technology, with a bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering. Now, He is working as a research assistant in Yigal Achmon’s lab since March 2023. He hopes to dig into the field of Biotechnology and Food engineering more and more in the future.
Undergraduate Students
Kaiyang Guo, BFE, cohort 2019
Zhenglin Cai, BFE, cohort 2019
Yue Bai, BFE, Cohort 2019
Yuzhao Zhuo, BFE, cohort 2019
Xiaoxuan li, BFE, cohort 2019
Qixi He, BFE, cohort 2020
Yantong Zheng, BFE, cohort 2020
Yifan Xiao, BFE, cohort 2020
Mengfan Chen, BFE, cohort 2019
Danchun Cai, BFE, cohort 2019
Xiru Chen, BFE, cohort 2019
Haojun Zhang, BFE, cohort 2019
Weiran Li, BFE, cohort 2019
Celin Chen, CEE, cohort 2019
Jinwen Lin, BFE, cohort 2020
Tianxiao Jiang, BFE, cohort 2020
Yiyun Cai, BFE, cohort 2022
Liwen ZHANG, BFE, cohort 2022
Chenhao Zhao, CEE, cohort 2022
Jiani Xing, BFE, cohort 2020
Ruiying Liu, BFE, cohort 2019
Yetongsen Ou, BFE, cohort 2019
Jiaying Yu, BFE, cohort 2020
Changyang Chen, BFE, cohort 2021
Jiawei Chen, BFE, cohort 2021