Post-doctoral Research Associate. 2003-2005. Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
Ph.D. in Food Science. 2003. Department of Food Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. 2003. Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
M.S. in Food Science. 2001. Department of Food Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
B.Eng. in Animal Nutrition and Feed Processing. 1993. Department of Feed Science, Wuhan Grain Industry College (currently Wuhan Polytechnical University), Wuhan, China.
Assistant Professor - Physicochemical Properties of Foods (80% Research, 20% Teaching); July 2005 to present; Department of Food Science and Technology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
Post-doctoral Research Associate - Bioseparations Lab; December 2003 to June 2005; Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
Post-doctoral Research Engineer - Food Rheology Lab; October 2003 to November 2003; Department of Food Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
Research and Teaching Assistant - Food Rheology Lab & Colloidal Science and Nanoscale Engineering Lab; January 2001 to September 2003; Departments of Food Science and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
Research and Teaching Assistant - Thermal Processing Lab; January 1999 to December 2000; Department of Food Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
Engineer - Department of Feed Processing Technology and Machinery; July 1993 to December 1998; Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhong, Q. and M. Jin. 2009. Zein nanoparticles produced by liquid-liquid dispersion. Food Hydrocolloids. doi:10.1016/j.foodhyd.2009.06.015.
Zhong, Q. and M. Jin. 2009. Nanoscalar structure of spray-dried zein microcapsules and in vitro release kinetics of the encapsulated lysozyme as affected by formulations. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 57: 3886-2894.
Zhong, Q., H. Tian, and S. Zivanovic. 2009. Encapsulation of fish oil in solid zein particles by liquid-liquid dispersion. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 33: 255-270.
Zhong, Q., M. Jin, P.M. Davidson, and S. Zivanovic. 2009. Sustained release of lysozyme from zein microcapsules produced by a supercritical anti-solvent process. Food Chemistry. 115: 697-700.
Jin, M., P.M. Davidson, S. Zivanovic, and Q. Zhong. 2009. Production of corn zein microparticles with loaded lysozyme directly extracted from hen egg white using spray drying: Extraction studies. Food Chemistry. 115: 509-514.
Li, T., W. Zhang, R.Z. Lee, and Q. Zhong. 2009. Nickel-Boron alloy nanocatalysts reduce the formation of trans fatty acids in hydrogenated soybean oil. Food Chemistry. 114: 447-452.
Wege, H., S. Kim, V.N. Paunov, Q. Zhong, and O.D. Velev. 2008. Long-term stabilization of foams and emulsions with in-situ formed microparticles from hydrophobic cellulose. Langmuir. 24(17): 9245-9253.
Zhong, Q., D.G. Black, P.M. Davidson, and D.A. Golden. 2008. Non-thermal inactivation of Escherichia coli K12 on spinach leaves using dense phase carbon dioxide. Journal of Food Protection. 71: 1015-1017.
Zhong, Q., M. Jin, D. Xiao, H. Tian, and W. Zhang. 2008. Application of supercritical anti-solvent techniques for syntheses of delivery systems of bioactive food components. Food Biophysics. 3: 186-190 .
Zhong, Q. and M. Jin. 2008. Enhanced functionalities of whey proteins treated by supercritical carbon dioxide. Journal of Dairy Science. 91: 490-499.
Zhong, Q., L. Xu, C. Zhang, and C.E. Glatz. 2007. Purification of recombinant aprotinin from transgenic corn germ fraction using ion exchange and hydrophobic interaction chromatography. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 76: 607-613.
Taylor, T.M., P.M. Davidson, and Q. Zhong. 2007. Extraction of nisin from 2.5% commercial nisin product using ethanol and methanol solutions. Journal of Food Protection. 70(5): 1272-1276.
Zhong, Q., C.R. Daubert, and O.D. Velev. 2007. Physicochemical variables affecting the rheology and microstructure of rennet casein gels. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 55(7): 2688-2697.
Zhong, Q., Z. Gu, and C.E. Glatz. 2006. Extraction of recombinant dog gastric lipase from transgenic corn seed. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 54(21): 8086-8092.
Zhong, Q. and Glatz, C.E. 2006. Enzymatic assay method for evaluating the lipase activity in complex extracts from transgenic corn seed. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 54(9): 3181-3185.
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