Haixia Zhang

Food and Bioproduct Sciences

My research focuses on foodomics, the use of modern analytical techniques, such as ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS), and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), to study food macro-, micro-, and phyto-nutrients, their identity, diversity, and changes during food processing. The ultimate goals of my research are to explore nutrient-balanced food sources for human health, and to promote a sustainable food system by finding value in food industry byproducts.

Post-Doctoral Fellow (Biochemistry), Vanderbilt University, USA

Post-Doctoral Fellow (Biology), Western University

PhD (Analytical Chemistry), Western University

MSc (Analytical Chemistry), University of Science and Technology of China, China

BSc (Chemistry), Liaocheng University, China

De Silva D, Liu Y, Smith MA, Vandenberg A, Zhang H*. 2024. Distribution of vicine, convicine and levodopa in faba bean plant tissues determined by ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography Open. 5, 100127. Invited.

Zhang H*, Purves RW, Warkentin TD, & Vandenberg A. 2023. Validated approach for vicine, convicine and levodopa quantification from faba bean seeds by flow injection analysis high-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility mass spectrometry. Food Chemistry. 405,134857.

Huang S, Zhang H, Bueckert RA, Tar’an B, & Warkentin TD. 2023. Comparative analysis of heat stress induced ABA and heat shock protein responses among pea varieties. Crop Science. 63(1),139-150.

Zhang H*, De Silva D, Dissanayaka D, Warkentin TD, & Vandenberg A, 2021. Validated B vitamin quantification from lentils by selected reaction monitoring mass spectrometry. Food Chemistry. 359, 129810.

Zhang H*, Jha AB, De Silva D, Purves RW, Warkentin TD, & Vandenberg A. 2019. Improved folate monoglutamate extraction and application to folate quantification from wild lentil seeds by ultra-performance liquid chromatography−selective reaction monitoring mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography B, 1121:39-47.

Smith MA, Zhang H, Burton IW, Liu C, Cheng AW, & Sun JY. 2018. 2-acetyl-1,3-diacyl-sn-glycerols with unusual acyl composition in seed oils of the genus European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, 120, 1800069.

 

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Undergraduate course:
FABS-456: Laboratory Techniques in Food and Bioproduct Sciences
 
Graduate course:
FDSC-898: Advanced Laboratory Techniques in Food and Bioproduct Sciences