Jay-lin Jane
Professor
Iowa State University
USA
Biography
Dr. Jay-lin Jane is a Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor, Emeritus in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University. Dr. Jane received her BS degree from National Chung-Hsing University in Taiwan, MS degree from Texas Woman’s University, and Ph.D. degree from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Iowa State University. Dr. Jane’s primary research interests are in starch structures, properties, applications, effects of resistant starch on health, and biopolymers. She has published 215 referred publications and 10 patents, with 10,000 citations and an h-index 53. She received numerous awards, including the Alsberg-French-Schoch Award, the highest award for starch research, and a Fellow Award from the American Association of Cereal Chemists, International, the Merit of Science Award from the Japanese Applied Glycoscience Association, and the Distinguished Faculty Award from Iowa State University.
Research Interest
Starch structures, properties, applications, effects of resistant starch on health, and biopolymers