A. ACADEMIC

2018 Honorary Research Associate at School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong    

2016 Associate Professor, Master Supervisor in Food Chemistry at Southwest University

2015-2016 Postdoctoral Fellow at School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

2012-2015 Teaching Assistant at School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong                                 

2015 PhD in Food and Nutritional Sciences at School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

2012 MSc in Nutrition & Food Hygiene at School of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University

2009 Master in Food Quality & Safety Specialty at School of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University

B. MEMBERSHIP OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

C. PRIZES AND AWARDS

1. Outstanding Performance in Graduate Studies and Research, The WANG ZHANG Scholarship Award of the International Society for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (2015, First prize)

2. Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award of Jiangxi Province, 2013 (2014)

D. RESEARCH INTERESTS

Professor LEI is working with 1) nutritional effects of indigestible carbohydrates in relation to their structural and physico-chemical properties and 2) effect of selected nutraceuticals on cholesterol metabolism in hamsters.

E. ADMISSION AREA

Professor LEI is willing to accept master candidates in the following research fields: Nutrition & Food Sciences.

F. PUBLICATIONS

[1] 雷琳, 阚茗铭, 叶发银, & 赵国华. 2017. 采收成熟度对甘蓝营养成分的影响. 食品与发酵工业, 43(11), 101-106.

[2] Lei, L., Zhu, H., Zhang, C., Wang, X., Ma, K. Y., & Wang, L., et al. 2017. Dietary β-sitosterol is more potent in reducing plasma cholesterol than sesamin in hypercholesterolemia hamsters. European Journal of Lipid Science & Technology, 119(7).  

[3] Lei, L., Li, Y. M., Wang, X., Liu, Y., Ma, K. Y., & Wang, L., et al. 2016. Plasma triacylglycerol‐lowering activity of citrus polymethoxylated flavones is mediated by modulating the genes involved in lipid metabolism in hamsters. European Journal of Lipid Science & Technology, 118(2), 147-156.

[4] Lei, L., Wang, X., Huang, W., Liu, Y., Zheng, F., & Ma, K. Y., et al. 2015. Cholesterol side chain analogs but not its ether analogs possess cholesterol-lowering activity. Food & Function, 6(2), 630-634.

[5] Lei, L., Liu, Y., Wang, X., Jiao, R., Ma, K. Y., & Li, Y. M., et al. 2014. Plasma cholesterol-lowering activity of gingerol- and shogaol-enriched extract is mediated by increasing sterol excretion. Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, 62(43), 10515-10521.

[6] Lei, L., Li, J., Luo, T., Fan, Y., Zhang, B., & Ye, J., et al. 2013. Predictable effects of dietary lipid sources on the fatty acids compositions of four 1-year-old wild freshwater fish from Poyang Lake. Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, 61(1), 210-218.

[7] Lei, L., Li, J., Li, G. Y., Hu, J. N., Tang, L., & Liu, R., et al. 2012. Stereospecific analysis of triacylglycerol and phospholipid fractions of five wild freshwater fish from Poyang Lake. Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, 60(7), 1857-1864.

[8] Lei, L., Li J., Hu, J. N., Liu, R., Fan, Y. W., & Tang, L., et al. 2012. Separation of phospholipids from hen egg yolk by short packed silica gel column chromatography. Journal of Food Science, 77(9), C948–C953.

G. CONTACT FACTS

Tel:023-68251298; E-mail:leilinswu@swu.edu.cn/leilinsky@hotmail.com; Mobile:86-18306055297