Zhangbin

Dr. Bin Zhang is Professor of Carbohydrate Nutrition at South China University of Technology (SCUT), China. Before joining SCUT in 2016, he was trained in food nutrition(PhD) at the University of Queensland, and worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Purdue University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He was selected as National Young Talent Scholar, High-level Talent in Guangdong Province, Zhujiang Nova Star and Hong Kong Scholar. His current research directions are: 1. Carbohydrate chemistry, including the structural and functional properties of starch, human milk oligosaccharides, dietary fiber; 2. Carbohydrate nutrition, mainly involving the digestion models of starch in vitro and in vivo small intestine, the fermentation performance of human milk oligosaccharides and dietary fiber in the large intestine and their regulation of gut microbiota; 3. Maternal and infant microbial ecology, including evaluation and regulation of infant-microbial-ecology related health function, and the design of infant formula. He published more than 140 peer-reviewed papers with 10000+ citations (H index=60), including more than 80 SCI papers (all JCR Q1) as the first author (or corresponding author), including Chemical Engineering Journal, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Biomacromolecules. He currently serves on the editorial board of Carbohydrate Polymers, and the chair of the Carbohydrate Working Group of INFOGEST.