Food & Beverages

Biography

MingruoGuo, a food chemist and a full professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University of Vermont (UVM), USA, received his B.S. and M.S. from the Northeast Agricultural University (NEAU), Harbin, China. He was awarded his Ph.D. degree from the National University of Ireland in 1990. He retuned to China in the same year and became a faculty member at NEAU and later promoted to the ranks of associate and full professor. In 1993, Dr. Guo and his family moved to the US. and joined the Department of Animal and Food Sciences at UVM. He was recruited as associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences at UVM in 1999 and promoted to full professor in 2007. He teaches Functional Foods: Principles and Technology at UVM. Dr. Guo`s scholarly interests include the utilization of whey in creating environmentally safe products; functional foods development, pre- and probiotics;component interactions in infant formula and nutritional products; biochemistry and technology of fermented dairy products; Ultrasound treatment of milk and apple cider; functional properties of milk proteins; goat’s milk chemistry and processing technology; egg chemistry and processing; buffalo milk chemistry and processing. He published the first textbook on functional foods in the US in 2007. He has published more than 150 research articles, book chapters and conference proceedings. His inventions in food science and environmentally safe products awarded him three patents. His patented technology on infant formula formulation and processing resulted in three infant formula products currently manufactured and available on the market in China.

Research Interest

Mingruo Guo's scholarly interests include creating environmentally safe products from whey; component interactions in infant formula and nutritional products; the chemistry and technology of fermented dairy products; ultrasound treatment of milk and apple cider; pre- and probiotics; functional properties of milk proteins; goat's milk chemistry and processing technology; egg chemistry and processing; buffalo milk chemistry and processing.