Curriculum Vitae

 

MongJan Hsieh

mongjan@hawaii.edu

 

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Department of Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences
1955 East-West Rd.
Agricultural Sciences 216
Honolulu, HI 96822

 

Education

 

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, 2005-2007

 

M.S. in Food Science

 

Project Title: The Quality Improvement of Kava Beverage by a Non-Thermal

                      Dense Phase Carbon Dioxide (DP-CO2) Pasteurization

 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998-2002

           

            B.S. in Food Science

 

Research Experience

 

Graduate Research: Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences,

University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2005 – 2007, (research adviser: Dr. Alvin S. Huang, ahuang@hawaii.edu)

 

  • Developed a non-thermal process to pasteurized kava beverage.
  • Investigated the effects of DP-CO2 process on the sensory quality of kava and the reduction of bacteria in kava.

 

Teaching Experience

 

Teaching Assistant: Experimental Foods, Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2007, (Head instructor: Dr. Wayne T. Iwaoka, iwaoka@hawaii.edu)

 

  • Assisted in the development of coursework and exams.
  • Facilitated and instructed laboratory experiments

 

Skill

  • Laboratory Techniques: culture and staining techniques for bacteria, basic microscopy and microbiological techniques, titration, pH measurement, colorimetry, spectroscopy
  • Computer skills: Windows 95/98/NT/XP, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Front Page, Outlook

 

Languages

  • Some Mandarin Chinese

 

Membership

  • Institute of Food Technologists

 

 

 

 

 

 

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