Dr Jiale Zhang
Jiale Zhang is a PhD student at QAAFI, the University of Queensland. He completed bachelor’s degrees (Environmental science) with a double major from Edith Cowan University and Beijing University of Agriculture, respectively. He also completed a master’s degree (Biotechnology) from the University of Queensland. He currently works at the Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences investigating modelling interactive effects of environment and physicochemical properties of Persoonia spp.
Publications
Proximate composition, functional and antimicrobial properties of wild harvest Terminalia carpentariae fruit. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization; Zhang, Jiale, Phan, Anh Dao Thi, Srivarathan, Sukirtha, Akter, Saleha, Sultanbawa, Yasmina and Cozzolino, Daniel (2021).
Researcher biography
Jiale Zhang is a researcher in food science and nutrition at The University of Queensland, with expertise in functional foods, food processing, and bioactive compounds. My current work focuses on how food components change during processing, digestion, and fermentation, and how these changes influence nutrition, gut health, and product quality. I am also working on the product development.
My research brings together food chemistry, metabolomics, and microbiome science to better understand the relationship between food composition and health outcomes. I have worked extensively on Australian native fruits with a particular interest in developing value-added food products and sustainable food materials.
My main areas of expertise include:
- Functional foods and bioactive compounds
- Digestion and colonic fermentation models
- Gut microbiota and food–microbe interactions
- Untargeted and targeted metabolomics