Dr Yong Wang

Dr. Yong Wang is Senior Research Associate with the School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney. Prior to joining UNSW, he was Research Fellow with Monash University, Clayton, Australia (2019-2020) and Research Scientist (Senior Engineer) with COFCO Nutrition and Health Research Institute, Beijing, China (2011-2019), including 6-month Australian Endeavour Fellowship with The University of Queensland in 2016. He got his PhD from joint program of China Agricultural University and University of California Davis in 2011. His research area includes food processing technology (drying, emulsion, encapsulation), food properties (rheological/thermal/mechanical properties), product developments (dairy, sauce, cereals, etc.), and human mimicking digestion system.

He published 48 papers & 3 book chapters (till June 2020), applied 21 patents, and has 8 public/internal research funds as leader role (over 1 million AU$ in total).