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Dr Di Wu

School of Biological Sciences
Di Wu

Dr Di Wu

School of Biological Sciences

Dr. Wu have been working within a series of international collaboration frameworks in food authenticity and food safety. His current research interests focus on 1) Developing fingerprinting tools for geographic origins (via both spectroscopy and mass spectrometry tools combined with machine learning algorisms) of tea and potential fraud issues related. 2) Development of an emerging nanopore system for in vitro single molecule function studies of DNA and proteins. 3) Identification of risks for alternative protein and its testing methods (Targeting DNA, peptide and chemical contaminants).

Contact info

  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Biochemistry, cell biology, food chemistry, analytical chemistry, structural biology, nanopore, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Best preferred with skills or experience in R python or other statistic/chemometric modeling software.

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Emerging Challenges of Novel Food: Solutions for a New Era

Public outreach & key achievements

Dr. Wu has 62 publications with 1388 citations and H-index of 25 (Scopus):
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57194537036

Significant external duties
(1) Member of Dietary Protein Expert Panel, U.S. Pharmacopeia Convention (USP), (2019-present)
(2) Member of Codex CCCF 14 working groups, (CCCF14: AFT Cereals/ CCCF14: MLs Methyl Mercury Fish), (2019-2021)
(3) Editorial Board Member/Guest Editor, Food and Chemical Toxicology (2022-present)
(4) Editorial Board Member, Toxicology (2022-present)

Grants and Awards:
(1) Newton International Fellowship, The Royal Society, fellowship, 01/10/2020- 30/09/2022
(2) International Exchanges Scheme Cost Share Programme - NSFC (China) with SUST, The Royal Society. Co-A, 01/04/2022-30/03/2025
(3) Werner Baltes Fellowship, Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), fellowship, 03/06/2019- 30/08/2019
(4) Quantification of Allergen Epitope with Cross-Reactivity between Food and Environment, 2018M640574, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Program (First grade), project, PI,01/10/2018- 30/10/2019
(5) Fingerprinting Rice: Implementing System of proteomics to Monitor and Manage Rice Fraud, Grant No. 31801454, National Natural Science Foundation of China, project, PI, 01/01/2019- 31/12/2021
(6) Delivering an Effective, Resilient and Sustainable EU-China Food Safety Partnership, Horizon 2020 Programme, project, WP3DL (T3.1.2-Dairy). 01/09/2017- 30/09/2021

Research students

Yicong Li, Fingerprinting Tools for Tea Authenticity and Implementation of Machine Learning, 2 year, China


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