Yaxi Hu

Dr. Hu is leading the Food Analytical Chemistry and Technology (FACT) Laboratory at Carleton University. Her lab aims to develop and apply advanced analytical chemistry technologies to solve challenging and emerging issues faced by the agri-food industry. The specific research areas include: 1) the development of point-of-need rapid screening sensors for food integrity (i.e., food fraud, safety and quality) issues; 2) the advancement of instrumental methods for better characterization and fingerprinting of food chemical composition to identify novel food markers for food integrity issues; 3) the integration of novel analytical methods and advanced data processing and information sharing strategies to achieve smart food analysis and traceability; and 4) application of metabolomics and bioinformatics to systematically investigate food microorganisms and food toxicology. The details of her research program is available on the Research page.

Education

• Ph.D. Food Science, the University of British Columbia, 2018
• M.Sc. Food Science, the University of British Columbia, 2015
• B.Sc. Biological Science, China Agricultural University, 2013

Employment

• Department of Chemistry and Institute of Biochemistry of Carleton University, Assistant Professor, 2022-present
• Food Research Division of Health Canada, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, 2021-2022
• Department of Chemistry of the University of British Columbia, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2019-2021

Grants

• Carleton REALISE Seed Grant, 2023
• Carleton International Research Seed Grant, 2023
• CFI-JELF & ORF, 2023
• NRC-New Beginnings Initiative, 2023
• NSERC Discovery Grant, 2022
• NSERC Discovery Launch Supplements, 2022
• Carleton University Start-up Fund, 2022

Awards and Recognition

• 1^st Place in Withycombe-Charalambous Graduate Student Symposium, ACS-AGFD, 2018
• Mitacs Outstanding Innovation-PhD, 2016

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