CV

Academic work experience

01/2024 - present Elected Member
Academic Senate
        Swinburne University of Technology

01/2023 - present Associate Professor and Course Director of Dietetics
Department of Nursing and Allied Health, School of Health Sciences
        Swinburne University of Technology

12/2015 - 12/2022 Assistant Professor in Food and Nutritional Sciences
School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science
        The University of Hong Kong

01/2014 - 12/2015 Lecturer in Dietetics (Community and Public Health Nutrition Domain Lead)
      School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science
The University of Sydney

03/2012 - 12/2013 Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics
      School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioral Sciences
The University of Wollongong

Service to the profession and public

Dietitians Australia

Jan 2023 - present Member, Awards and Recognition Advisory Committee 

May 2015 - Jan 2016 Member, Food Regulation Advisory Committee 

Jan 2014 - Oct 2015 Member, Executive Committee of the NSW Branch 

2015 Societal Representative, Organizing Committee of the
2015 Eating Disorders and Obesity Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

Hong Kong Nutrition Association

2016 - 2022    Honourary Academic Advisor

Hong Kong Academy of Accredited Dietitians

2019     Working group member, Professional Competency Standards

Committee for the Reduction of Salt and Sugar in Foods, HKSAR Government

2016 - 2022     Sub-working group member, Publicity and Education

Journal editorial and referee responsibilities

Current editorial responsibilities

Ad hoc referee


Former editorial board membership

2016-2022       Academic Editor, PLoS ONE

2014-2020 Associate Editor / Editorial Board member, Nutrition & Dietetics

2013-2016 Editorial Board member (as Nutrition Society of Australia representative),
                  Journal of Nutrition and Intermediary Metabolism

2013-2016      Honorary Editor, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of Australia

Honours and awards

2018 - 2022 Health and Medical Research Fund Research Fellowship
Food and Health Bureau (Hong Kong)
  

2018 – 2019             Overseas Fellowship
The University of Hong Kong                               


2015                         Faculty of Science ECR Overseas Conference and Research Visit Support
The University of Sydney                               


2008 – 2011          Postgraduate scholarship in Human Nutrition
The University of Sydney                           


2010                      Neville Whiffen Scholarship
The University of Sydney                               


2009                        Student travel grant
Australian New Zealand Obesity Society                              

Education

2023 Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Swinburne University of Technology

2012 PhD in Human Nutrition and Dietetics
The University of Sydney

2007 Master of Nutrition and Dietetics
The University of Sydney

2004 Bachelor of Science (majoring in Food and Nutritional Sciences, Hons)
The University of Hong Kong