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Grain Science and Industry

Dr. Yonghui Li

14 Waters Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-4061
785-532-7010（Fax）
yonghui@ksu.edu  

Cereal Chemistry Lab:

150 Waters Hall
Lab phone: 785-532-3719

Wheat Quality Lab: 

3208 Throckmorton Hall
Lab phone: 785-532-1913

People

Group Leader

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Dr. Yonghui Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Cereal & Grain Chemistry
Director, Wheat Quality Lab
14 Waters Hall
Phone: 785-532-4061
Fax: 785-532-7010
 
 

 

Postdoc/Scientist/Visiting Scholar

Jianjun
Jianjun Zhou, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 02/2024 - 
Ph.D. in Food Science, University of Valencia, Spain
Email: jianjunz@ksu.edu
Nandan
Nandan Kumar, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 09/2023 - 
Ph.D. in Computational Biology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
Email: nandan@ksu.edu
Shan
Shan Hong, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist, 09/2023 - 
PhD in Food Science, University of Tennessee
Email: shanhong@ksu.edu
Gengjun
Gengjun Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist, 07/2019 - 
Postdoc, 01/2017 - 06/2019
PhD in Food Science, K-State
Email: gengjunc@ksu.edu
Haiwei
Haiwei Lou, Ph.D.
Postdoc visiting scholar, 08/2022 - 08/2024 
Lecture, Henan University of Technology, China
Email: louhw@ksu.edu

Graduate Student/GRA

Sola
Olusola Olagunju (Sola)
PhD Graduate Student/GRA, 08/2023 - 
MS in Food Processing and Storage Technology, Federal University of Agriculture, Nigeria;
BS in Food Science, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Email: olagunju@ksu.edu
Michael
Michael Stump
PhD Graduate Student/GRA, 05/2023 - 
BS in Chemistry, Emporia State University
Email: mstump@ksu.edu
John
Hyukjin (John) Kwon
PhD Graduate Student/GRA, 01/2023 - 
MS in Food Science and Biotechnology, Sejong University, S. Korea 
BS in Chemistry, University of California Berkeley
Email: john94kwon@ksu.edu
Bei
Bei Shen
Co-major advisors: Dr. Li & Dr. Shi
MS Graduate Student/GRA, 01/2023 - 
BS in Food Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University
Email: beishen@ksu.edu
Ruoshi
Ruoshi Xiao
MS Graduate Student/GRA, 01/2022 - 
BS in Food Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University
Email: rosexiao@ksu.edu
Bipin
Bipin Rajpurohit
PhD Graduate Student/GRA, 01/2022 - 
MS in Food Science, South Dakota State University
BTech in Biotechnology, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Email: brajpurohit@ksu.edu
Zhenjiao
Zhenjiao Du
PhD Graduate Student/GRA, 05/2021 - 
MS in Food Science, China Agricultural University
BS in Food Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University
Email: zhenjiao@ksu.edu

Research Assistant/Student Worker

Anaya
Anaya McCune
Undergraduate student worker/researcher (08/2023-)
 
 

Alumni

RUI
Ruijia Hu
PhD Graduate Student/GRA, 08/2019 - 12/2023
MS in Grain Science, K-State
BS in Bakery Science and Management, K-State
Email: ruijia@ksu.edu
Ruqi
Ruqi Chen, Ph.D.
Research Technician, 07-10/2023
PhD in Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Email: chenruqi@ksu.edu
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Cheng Li
PhD Graduate Student/GRA, 08/2019 - 08/2023
MS in Food and Nutrition, Chonnam National University (Korea)
BS in Food Science, Jiangnan University, China
Email: chengli@ksu.edu
Sabine
Sabine Hoff
Undergraduate student worker/researcher (2019 -2023)
 
 
Emma
Emma Beamer
Undergraduate student worker/researcher (2021 -2023)
 
 
Eric
Eric Nkurikiye
Lab technician, 01/2023 -05/2023
MS Graduate Student/GRA, 01/2021 - 12/2022
BS in Food Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Email: enkurikiye@ksu.edu
Yingguo
Yingguo Lyu, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar, 12/2021 - 12/2022
Associate Profession, Henan University of Technology, China
Email: yingguo@ksu.edu
Ying Ji
Ying Ji, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar, 12/2021 - 12/2022
Associate Professor, Dalian Minzu University, China
Email: jiy@ksu.edu
Shan
Shan Hong, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 01/2021 - 10/2022
PhD in Food Science, University of Tennessee
Email: shanhong@ksu.edu
yanting
Yanting Shen
Research Assistant/PhD Graduate Student, 05/2017 - 12/2021
BS/MS in Food Science, K-State
 
wenfei
Wenfei Tian
PhD Graduate Student, 08/2017 - 05/2021
MS in Physical Chemistry, University of Delaware
BS in Chemistry, Shandong University, China
 
YQ
Yiqin Zhang
MS Graduate Student, 01/2019 - 05/2021 
BS in Food Science, K-State
 

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Jinrong Wang
Visiting PhD student, 12/2019 -02/2021
Jiangnan University
Email: jinrongw@ksu.edu
 
 
 
 

Kristen

 
Kristen Jensen
Undergraduate Research Assistant (09/2016 - 05/2018)
BS in Grain Science
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Carrie
Carrie Carlson
Undergraduate Research Assistant (01/2016-05/2017)
BS in Food Science (minor Bakery Science) at K-State
 

 

Jingjing

 

Jingjing Yi
Visiting student (09/2016 - 02/2017)
MS student from Jinan University, China

                                                  

 

 

 

 

 

Chetan
Chetan Sharma
Research Assistant (05-12/2016)
xiao
Xiao Tang
Visiting Scholar, 06-08/2018
Associate Professor in Ningbo Polytechnic
 
shiwei
Shiwei Xu 
MS, 08/2016 - 08/2018 
 
 
Gagan
Gaganpreet Singh

Research Assistant, 08-12/2018

reshma
Rehma M Antony
Research Technician, 07-12/2018
wei
Wei Wu
Research assistant, 06/2017 -08/2018
 
Lauren
Lauren Tebben
MS graduate student, 08/2017 - 08/2019
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Shayna Smith
Research Assistant, 01-07/2019
 

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Yajuan Wang
Visiting Scholar, 08/2018 -08/2019
 
 
 

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Yijie Gui, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar, 10/2019 -11/2020
Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences
 
 
 
 

Mohana Yoganandan, Research Technitian, 09 - 11/2020

Peiming Qin, Research Technitian, 07/2020 - 02/2021