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Education
- MS, Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, South Korea
- BS, Food Science & Technology, Seoul National University, South Korea
Biography
Hyeyoung received her BS in Food Science & Technology and MS in Agricultural Biotechnology from Seoul National University in South Korea. At the graduate school, she began her research on carbohydrate enzymes. Because she realized that functional food carbohydrates have great applicative potential to industry, she decided to apply theory to the real world and worked for food biotechnology companies for 3 years.
She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Bruce German's lab and Carlito Lebrilla's lab at UC Davis. Her research involves the compositional and biological activities of milk glycolipids. The challenging but rewarding work allowed us to understand the relationship between molecular structure and the physiological/physicochemical properties of food ingredients. Her current work focuses on the development of mass spectrometry methods for glycolipids, glycans and lipids, as well as applications of the technology for nutritional studies. She is interested in a career as a food scientist specializing in mass spectrometry based omics research.
Current Projects
Structure and function of milk glycolipids
