MENTEE – Miansong Zhang

Miansong is a second-year PhD candidate at Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development (CMBD), College of Medicine and Public Health to pursue his postgraduate study in Australia in 2020. He received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Food Science and Engineering from Hunan Agricultural University in China in 2004 and his Master of Engineering degree in Food Science from Jiangnan University in China in 2008. He is currently engaged in the research and development of health food at Biology Institute of Shandong Academy of Sciences, China.

The topic of his PhD project is on advanced food processing techniques. Some traditional food processing methods are complex and easy to cause the loss of nutrients. He has been eager to change these backward processing methods and use some advanced processing technology to obtain more nutritious and healthy food. He has been working very hard and his motto is that the rainbow always comes after the storm. He is eager to learn how to remain relevant and engaged with the industry while pursuing his current academic career. After receiving his doctorate, he will return to China to continue his research and development of healthy food processing technology.