
Dr Yong Wang
Dr. Yong Wang is Senior Lecturer with the School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW Sydney. He was OECD Fellow for the Co-operative Research Programme: Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems, collaborating with Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US, April-June 2024. Prior to joining UNSW, he was Research Fellow with Monash University, Clayton, Australia (2019-2020) and Research Scientist (Senior Engineer) with COFCO Nutrition and Health Research Institute, Beijing, China (2011-2019), including 6-month Australian Endeavour Fellowship with The University of Queensland in 2016. He got his PhD from joint program of China Agricultural University and University of California Davis in 2011. His research area includes food processing technology (drying, emulsion, encapsulation), food properties (rheological/thermal/mechanical properties), product developments (dairy, sauce, cereals, etc.), and human mimicking digestion system.
He published 130 journal papers & 8 book chapters (till November 2023), applied 21 patents (8 granted till August 2021), and has 8 public/internal research funds as leader role (over 1 million AU$ in total since 2011).
Editor: Food Chemistry X (Elsevier). Associate Editor: Measurement: FoodÌý(·¡±ô²õ±ð±¹¾±±ð°ù). Editorial Board Member: Food ChemistryÌý(·¡±ô²õ±ð±¹¾±±ð°ù)
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Projects (2022 - current) |
Starting |
Duration (year) |
Total fund (AUD$) |
Yong Wang, C. Selomulya, et al. Advancing Plant Milk Technologies through Interfacial Rheology. Sanitarium & Future Food Systems CRC |
2025 |
4 |
$232,000 |
Yong Wang, C. Selomulya, et al. Australian hazelnuts processing and quality enhancement. AgriFutures Australia |
2025 |
4 |
$160,000 |
C. Selomulya, Yong Wang, Weibiao Zhou, Engineering network-forming behaviours of plant proteins. Australian Research Council |
2025 |
3 |
$699,300 |
Yong Wang, et al. Development of Alternative Texturisers for Plant-Based Meat. Sanitarium& Future Food Systems CRC |
2024 |
1 |
$232,000 (stage 1 $12,000) |
Yong Wang, W. Kim, J. Vongsvivut, C. Selomulya, Fat distribution in food emulsion gels, ANSTO Synchrotron Grant |
2024 |
1 |
$132,000 (in-kind) |
Yong Wang, et al. Plant-based food/cheese processing technology, Seed Research Grant, UNSW School of Chemical Engineering |
2023 |
1 |
$19,663 |
Yong Wang, W. Kim, J. Vongsvivut, C. Selomulya, Surface composition of spray dried β-carotene microcapsules, ANSTO Synchrotron Grant |
2022 |
1 |
$131,136 (in-kind) |
C. Selomulya, Yong Wang, A. Asghari, & B. Corrochano, Engineering improved fat encapsulation for food powders, Linkage Project (LP), Australian Research Council |
2022 |
3 |
$180,000 |
My Teaching
Currently coordinating & teaching FOOD8450 . Also teaching FOOD3801 , FOOD9100 Advanced Processing Technologies, FOOD1120 , DIET2003 .