• Welcome Reyhan Li (I-CUREUS student) and Jimena Gonzalez Villarreal (Mitacs Globalink Intern), to join the lab for a summer project on the Development of DNA-based Methods for Food Authentication (Jun 2024).
  • Hu received the NSERC RTI grant to purchase a Time-gated Raman spectrometer (Apr 2024).
  • Hu received the OMAFRA OAFRI-Applied Research grant to work on the development of analytical methods and bioinformatic tools for nontargeted analysis of PFAS in the agri-food systems (Apr 2024).
  • Tianqi published a book chapter on smart packaging in AFNR: Smart Food Safety.
  • Hu cited in Toronto Star article on food fraud, Dec 2023.
  • Hu received the Carleton University REALISE Seed Grant to work on integration of analytical chemistry, machine learning and internet of things for smart food authentication (Dec 2023, co-PI with Dr. Jie Gao)
  • Welcome Sydney Pedari, a graduate from Carleton University, to join the lab for the M.Sc. (co-supervision) thesis project on Development of Rapid Analytical Tools for Supporting the Bio-reclamation of Plastics in E-Wastes (Jan 2024).
  • Welcome Hieu Minh Le, a graduate from Carleton University, to join the lab for M.Sc. thesis project on Construction of Spectral Database for Food Authentication (Jan 2024).
  • Hu received CFI-JELF and ORF-SIF fund to purchase a benchtop confocal micro-Raman spectrometer (Nov 2023).
  • Welcome Tianqi Li, a graduate from Shenyang Agricultural University, to join the lab for M.Sc. thesis project on Nontargeted Mass Spectrometry-based Food Authentication (Sep 2023).
  • Congratulations to Hieu Le to receive the AOAC INTERNATIONAL/Eurofins Foundation “Testing for Life” Student Award (Jun 2023).
  • Welcome Renato Handoyo, a 4th year Food Science student, to join the lab for the honored thesis project on food authentication using direct analysis in real-time mass spectrometry (May 2023).
  • Welcome Khulood Al-Khaledi, a 4th year Food Science student, to join the lab for the honored thesis project on characterization of plastics in e-waste using Raman spectroscopy (May 2023, co-supervised by Dr. Daniel Grégoire).
  • Hu received the Carleton University International Research Seed Grant to work on development of flow-injection mass spectrometry-based methods for rapid food authentication (May 2023).
  • Hu received NRC-New Beginnings Initiative research grant to work on development of direct analysis in real-time mass spectrometry-based methods for rapid untargeted and targeted food authentication (Apr 2023, Co-PI with Dr. Enea Pagliano).
  • Hu cited in CBC article on heavy metals in chocolate, Feb 2023.
  • Welcome Hieu Minh Le, a 4th year Computational Biochemistry student, to join the lab for the honored thesis project on flow-injection mass spectrometry for food authentication (Sep 2022).
  • Hu received NSERC Discovery Grant and ECR Discovery Launch Supplement to work on metabolomic-guided comprehensive food analysis and smart food authentication (Apr 2022).