Xiaodong Xia
Address:
Northwest A&F University
Research Interests:
Food microbiology, food safety, natural antimicrobial, nutraceuticals
Biography:
Education:
Aug 2006-May 2010 - University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
- Degree earned: Doctor of Philosophy,
- Major: Food Science, with a focus on food microbiology
- Dissertation: Pathogenic Escherichia coli (E. coli) in retail meat
Sep 2002-Jul 2005 - Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Degree earned: Master of Medicine,
- Major: Nutrition and Food Hygiene
- Thesis: Anthocyanin-rich extract from outlayer of black rice stabilize the atherosclerotic plaque in Apolipoprotein E deficient mice
- Sep 1998-Jul 2002 Hefei University of Technology (HFUT), Hefei, China
- Degree earned: Bachelor of Science
- Major: Food Science and Engineering
- Thesis: Optimization of technology of decolorization of crude bee honey
Appointment
Mar 2016- present - Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Sep 2010-present - Professor, Department of Food Safety and Nutrition
Northwest A&F Univesity, Yangling, Shaanxi
Aug 2006-Aug 2010 - Research Assistant, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Jan 2009-May 2009 - Teaching Assistant, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD