Team

Current

Dr. Ran Yang (Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow)

Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, Virginia Tech (2024 - present)
Ph.D. in Food Science, University of Tennessee (2019 - 2022)
M.S. in Food Science, University of Massachusetts - Amherst (2017 - 2019)
Exchange Student, University of California - Davis (2016 - 2017)
B.E. in Food Sicence & Technology, Jiangnan University (2013 - 2017)

Lab alumni

MEng in Computer and Information Sciences, Virginia Tech (2023- 2024)
BE, Information Technology, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute Of Technology (2016 - 2020)

Next destination: ServiceNow

Visiting Ph.D. student, Virginia Tech (2023.9 - 2024.3)
Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical and Food Sciences, University of Camerino (2020 - )
M.S. in Nutrition And Functional Food, University of Camerino (2018 - 2020)
B.E. in Bioengineering, Jilin Agricultural University (2015 - 2019)

Next destination: Wuxi AppTec

M.S. in Food Science, Cal Poly (2022.9 - )
AOS in Baking and Pastry Arts, The Culinary Institute of America (2017 - 2019)
B.S. in Environmental Science and Environmental Management, Peking University (2013 - 2017)

Next destination: Starbucks

Other lab alumni @ Cal Poly

Senior design students

Joseph Kim (2023 Winter)

Jonathan Tsou (2023 Winter)

Sara Kennedy (2023 Winter)

Nina Gabrielle De Leon (2023 Winter)

Sophia Chien (2022 Winter)

Joey Tsang (2022 Winter)

Aaron Hiura (2022 Spring)

Emmi Jacobsen (2021 Winter & Spring)

Kiely Kuhlmann ( 2021 Winter & Spring)

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Kaitlyn Duong

Kate Perry

Alissa Fong

Karissa Chu

Hannah Bryan

Rica Wong

Sebastian Montero-Quemado

Catherine Moore

Allison Yu

Sarah Wong

Joseph Kim

Jonathan Tsou

Sara Kennedy

Nina Gabrielle De Leon