DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION 164 Email yuyan.zhu@polyu.edu.hk Qualification BS (Zhejiang University) PhD (Purdue University) ORCID ID 0000-0002-2928-6167 Award • The first place of Young Investigator Poster Presentation Awards, 20th diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors, Hong Kong, 2018 Patent • Kee-Hong Kim, Yuyan Zhu. “Compositions and methods for regulating body weight and metabolic syndromes”, 2017, Pub. No. WO2018093966, US Patent & Trademark Office Dr ZHU Yuyan Assistant Professor Research Overview and Representative Publications We are interested in the regulation of fat tissue expansion and lipid metabolism disorders, such as obesity and its associated metabolic syndromes. With the focus on fat cells, we are studying the following topics by employing different cell and mouse models: 1. Fundamental research: lipid/cholesterol metabolism in adipocytes and its role in regulating systemic energy metabolism • Journal of Lipid Research (2018) 59(5):820-829. (IF: 6.676); more coming 2. Strategy development: lifestyle and pharmaceutical strategies for the management of obesity and its metabolic disorders • Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental (2021) 123:154861. (IF: 13.934) • Journal of Functional Foods (2015) 17:33-42. (IF: 5.223); more coming 3. Risk evaluation: the contribution of dietary factors, medications, and environmental pollutants to adipocyte dysfunction • Journal of Hazardous Materials (2022) 440:129698. (IF: 14.224) 4. Tech development: triboelectric nanogenerator based applications in biomedical systems • Adv. Funct. Mater. (2022), 32(45):2207096. (IF: 19.924) • EcoMat (2020) 2(4):e12049. (IF: 12.213)
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