Principle Investigator

Dr. Yangchao Luo is an Associate Professor of Food Science and Nanotechnology at the Department of Nutritional Sciences. Dr. Luo is also an affiliated faculty member at UConn Institute of Materials Science (IMS). In 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024, Dr. Luo was recognized as one of the World's Most Highly Cited Researchers in the field of Agricultural Sciences, by the Clarivate Web of Science.

  • Postdoctoral Associate, 2013, in Food Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, TN
  • Ph.D. 2012, in Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
  • M.S. 2009, in Food Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
  • B.S. 2006, in Food Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China
Highly Cited Researcher Ribbon

Current Lab Members — Postdoctoral Research Associate

Current Lab Members — PhD Students

Ruiqi Wang

Ruiqi Wang

Sunni Chen

Sunni Chen

Chenyang Ji

Chenyang Ji

Muyao Du

Muyao Du

Honglin Zhu

Honglin Zhu

Mikyung Kim

Emily Radican

Current Lab Members — MS Students

Current Lab members – Visiting Scholars

Former Lab Members

Postdoctoral Researchers

  • Jingyi Xue (2021 - 2022)

PhD Students

  • Yihang Feng (08/2022 - 12/2025)
  • Yi Wang (08/2022 - 12/2025)
  • Xinhao Wang (08/2021 - 05/2026)
  • Bai Qu (08/2019 - 12/2024)
  • Jingyi Xue (08/2015 - 08/2021)
  • Qiaobin Hu (08/2015 - 05/2019)
  • Taoran Wang (01/2015 - 08/2019)

MS Students

  • Xinyang Qiao (08/2023 - 05/2025)
  • Beifang Li (08/2020 - 05/2022)
  • Muyao Du (08/2022 - ): continuing as a PhD student at Luo/Xiao Lab, UConn
  • Pingxu Qin (08/2019 - 05/2021)
  • Erika Fleming (08/2019 - 05/2021)
  • Mingyong Zhou (08.2016 - 05.2018)

Visiting Scholars

  • Dr. Suiping Wang (visiting scholar, 12/2021 - 12/2022) - Hunan University of Arts and Science, Hunan, China
  • Dr. Fumin Ma (visiting scholar, 01/2020 - 04/2021) - Changchun University, Changchun, Jilin, China
  • Dr. Zhenshun Li (visiting scholar, 09/2019 - 09/2020) - Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
  • Wusigale (visiting PhD student, 09/2018 - 09/2019) - Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
  • Dr. Chao Chang (visiting scholar, 08/2016 - 02/2017) - Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
  • Marco Veneranda (visiting PhD student, 05/2016 - 08/2016) - University of the Basque Country, Spain

Undergraduate Students

  • Alexander Sun
  • Pingxu Qin
  • Erika Fleming
  • Holly Parker
  • Zishan He
  • Wen Zhang
  • Yuhao Chen
  • Nikolas Rodriguez
  • Justine Inzero
  • Saifei (Sohpie) Xi
  • Hannah Gerhard
  • Shin Soyama
  • Lorrin Liang   
  • Keiona Khen
  • Syed Naqvi
  • Mingyong Zhou (graduated as a MS student)
  • Siqi Hu