Prof. HUANG Dejian
(黄德建)
Professor
S14-06-02, Department of Food Science & Technology, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Email: dejian@nus.edu.sg
Contact number: (65) 6516 8821
ORCID: 0000-0002-2305-3960
Researcher ID: A-7439-2010
Employment history
- 2020-2021, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore
- 07/2004-12/2009, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
- 2001-2004 Principal Research Scientist, Brunswick Laboratories
- 1999-2001 Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with Jackie Y. Ying
- 01/1997-03/1997 Intern, B. F. Goodrich Advanced Technology Group, with Dr. Larry Rhodes
- 1994-1999 Graduate Assistant, Indiana University, with Prof. Kenneth G. Caulton
- 1990-1994 Research Associate, Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry (China)
Academic qualifications
- 1999 Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry (minor in Organic Chemistry), Indiana University Bloomington
- 1990 M.S., Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
- 1987 B.S., Chemistry, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
Research interests
- Chemical principles of food bioactive constituents including dietary antioxidants, starch hydrolase inhibitors, induced phytoalexins, proanthocyanidins, natural products with anti-aging property, functional food for controlling postprandial hyperglycemia. Dietary organosulfides as slow H2S donors for health promotion.
- Luminescent molecular and nanoprobes for sensing of reactive oxygen species of biological and environmental concerns (NO2, NO, SO2, ClO-, H2O2, 1O2)
- Plant proteins as biomaterials for 3D bioprinting of scaffolds for 3D cell culture and biomedical applications
Patents held
- Food extracts, Methods of extraction and compositions thereof (Publication number: 20230310532, Publication date: 5 October 2023)
- Methods to Synthesize Flavonoid Dimers and Oligomers and the Use (PCT Application No. PCT/SG2021/050779)
- Edible microbeads and the use thereof.( Patent application number: 10202101252Y)
- Plant based food products and methods of fabrication thereof (Application PCT/SG2022/050508, WO2023003510A3, Publication date: 30 Mar 2023)
- Bio-ink and preparation method and application thereof (patent no: ZL 2017 0571668.5, Filling date: 13 July 2017)
- Formulations for vegan fish and meat mimics and the process of producing thereof (ILO ref: 2021-049)
- Extracts of whole stillage and other biomass and methods thereof (Publication number: 20170327858, Publication date: 16 November 2017)
- Biomass extracts and methods thereof (Publication number: 20170044521, Publication date: 16 Feb 2017)
- Method of preparing derivatives/oligoners of epicatechin and applications thereof (Publication number: 20120323016, Publication date: 20 December 2012)
- Method for assaying the antioxidant capacity of a sample (Publication number: 20070036675, Publication date: 15 Feb 2007)