Congratulations to Bai Qu on successfully and proudly defending her Doctoral Dissertation today (Nov. 21, 2024)! This is a great achievement in her graduate education at UConn and a significant milestone in her life!

Bai earned Master of Science degrees from both the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison before joining my lab in Fall 2019. As of today, she has authored 9 first-author peer-reviewed journal articles with over 500 citations, with more papers to come, soon. Bai is passionate about developing sustainable, science-driven solutions for the food and beverage industry. Bai has recently accepted a position as a Senior Food Scientist at Balchem Human Nutrition & Health. We wish Bai the very best of success in her future endeavors!