Education

Ph.D. Food Science & Technology (Chemistry & Chemometrics)	Cornell University expected 1999	Minors: Nutrition & Toxicology GPA 3.45/4.0
M.S. Agricultural Machinery Engineering (Food Engineering and Heat & Mass Transfer)	National Taiwan University 1996	Minor: Operations Management GPA 3.93/4.0
B.S. Agricultural Chemistry (Biochemistry and Food Processing)	National Taiwan University 1991

Special Skills

Food Chemistry	Analytical Chemistry	Biochemical Methods	Spectrophotometry, Turbidimetry, NMR, HPLC	Chemometrics, RSM
Food Engineering	Heat and Mass Transfer	Vacuum Systems / Equipment	Food Processing and Packaging Machinery	Production Management Information Systems
Personal skills	Presentation and Writing	Computers (IBM, Macintosh, Unix)	Experimental Design and Statistical literacy	Others: Animal surgery, Microbiology

Experience

• September 1996 - Present
  Cornell University Food Science and Technology Department, Ph.D student. Research in Food Chemistry and Chemometrics, advised by Dr. Karl J. Siebert. I am working on development of a method for assessing haze-active protein in beer by dye binding.

• January 1997 - May 1997
  Teaching Assistant in the Food Chemistry Laboratory, assisting Dr. Dennis Miller in the Food Science Department.

• August 1994 - July 1996
  M.S. Research in Heat and Mass Transfer of Foodstuffs during Deep-Fat Frying under Vacuum System, advised by Dr. Yeun Chung Lee.

• September 1994 - June 1995
  Teaching assistant in the Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering at National Taiwan University.

• June 1993 - June 1994
  Research Assistant in the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan ROC.

• July 1991 - May 1993
  Military Service. Secondary Lieutenant in ROC Army.

• July 1990 - January 1991
  Scientific Activity: The Composition of Dietary Fiber in Sweet Potatoes. Sponsored by the National Science Council of the Republic of China.

Honors

• Government Scholarship for Ph.D. Study / ROC Ministry of Education 1996-1999
• Alumni Scholarship / National Taiwan University 1991
• Book Coupon Award / National Taiwan University 1991
• Scholarship / Longsang Sz Foundation 1990

Hobbies & Interests: Basketball, music, photography, cooking and travel.

Development of a Method for Assessing Haze-Active Protein in Beer by Dye Binding. (In preparation)

Heat and Mass Transfer in Foodstuffs During Deep-Fat Frying Under Atomospheric and Reduced Pressure. Jing-Iong Yang M.S. Thesis, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. July 1996.

Age-Dependent Neurotoxicity of Striatial Excitotoxic Lesions Produced by Amino oxyacetic Acid: A Quantitative in vitro Proton NMR Spectroscopic Study. Chen Chang, Yueh-Huey Chen, Shujywan Lin, Jing-Iong Yang and Taichang Jang. Proceedings of Society of Magnetic Resonance. 3: 1414, 1994

The Composition of Dietary Fiber in Sweet Potatoes. Jing-Iong Yang. Research Report to National Science Council of Republic of China, 1991.

References
Professor Karl J. Siebert
Dept. of Food Science and Technology
Cornell University - NYSAES
Geneva, NY 14456
(315) 787-2299