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
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
Section Editor, Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
Advisory Board Member, Heliyon
Editorial Board Member, BMC Nutrition
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports
Associate Editor, Guest Editor and Review Editor, Frontiers in Nutrition
Ad hoc referee
Advances in Nutrition
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
BMC Pregnancy and Child Birth
BMC Public Health
BMJ
BMJ Open
British Journal of Nutrition
Clinical Nutrition
Diabetes Care
Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
Ecology of Food and Nutrition
European Journal of Nutrition
Frontiers in Nutrition
International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition
Journal of Investigative Medicine
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Nutrients
Nutrition
Nutrition & Dietetics
Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease
Nutrition Research
Public Health Nutrition
Scientific Reports
The Lancet
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
Professional membership
Fellow, Royal Society for Public Health
Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian, Dietitians Australia
Member, Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics
Member, American Society for Nutrition
Member, The Nutrition Society
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