Liu Jianhui, a member of the Communist Party of China, Ph.D., with a research field of food and nutrition science.

E-mail: 9120191155@nufe.edu.cn

Educational work experience:

2016-2019, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Life Sciences, Food and Nutrition Science, PhD;

2012-2015, jointly cultivated by the Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Ocean University and Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, major in food science and engineering, master's degree;

2008-2012, Qingdao Agricultural University, College of Food Science and Engineering, major in food science and engineering, bachelor's degree;

November 2019-present Lecturer, School of Food Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics

August 2015-May 2016 Research Assistant, Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Research fields and directions:

(1) Extraction of natural active substances and analysis of biological activity;

(2) Natural active substances interact with gastrointestinal flora;

(3) Glucose and lipid metabolism and cholesterol metabolism;

(4) Research and development of functional foods.

Representative papers:

(1) Jianhui Liu, Zouyan He, Ning Ma, Zhen-Yu Chen. Beneficial effects of dietary polyphenols on high-fat diet-induced obesity linking with modulation of gut microbiota. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2019.

(2) Jianhui Liu, Wangjun Hao, Zouyan He, Erika Kwek, Yimin Zhao, Hanyue Zhu, Ning Liang, Ka Ying Ma, Lin Lei, Wen-Sen He, Zhen-Yu Chen. Beneficial effects of tea extracts on weight gain and gut microbiota in C57BL/6J mice fed a high-fat diet. Food & Function, 2019,10, 2847.

(3) Jian-hui Liu, Liang Li, Xiao-dong Shang, Jun-ling Zhang, Qi Tan. Anti-Helicobacter pylori activity of bioactive components isolated from Hericium erinaceus. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2016, 183: 54-58.

(4) Jian-hui Liu, Xiao-dong Shang, Qi Tan. Changes in trehalose content, enzyme activity and gene expression related to trehalose metabolism in Flammulina velutipes under heat shock. Microbiology-SGM, 2016, 162 (8): 1274- 1285.

(5) Yimin Zhao, Jianhui Liu, Wangjun Hao, Zouyan He, Hanyue Zhu, Ning Liang, Ka Ying Ma, Wen-Sen He, Yan Yang, Zhen-Yu Chen. Plasma cholesterol-lowering activity of piperine is mediated by inhibition on cholesterol absorption via down-regulation of intestinal ACAT2 and MTP. Journal of Functional Foods, 2018, 49: 465-471.

(6) Yimin Zhao, Jianhui Liu, Wangjun Hao, Hanyue Zhu, Ning Liang, Zouyan He, Ka Ying Ma, Zhen-Yu Chen. Structure-Specific Effects of Short-Chain Fatty Acids on Plasma Cholesterol Concentration in Male Syrian Hamsters. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2017, 65 (50): 10984-10992.

Conference report:

(1) Liu Jianhui. 2018. Effects of tea extracts on weight gain and gut microbiota in C57BL/6J mice fed a high-fat diet. 256th ACS National Meeting in Boston, MA, USA, 19-23 August, 2018. (Oral presentation)

(2) Liu Jianhui. 2018. Effects of tea extracts on weight gain and gut microbiota in C57BL/6J mice fed a high-fat diet. Inter-University Postgraduate Symposium in Biochemical Sciences 2018. Hong Kong University Of Science and Technology, 23 June , 2018. (Poster)

(3) Liu Jianhui. 2017. NSFC/RGC Conference: Cardiovascular Calcium Signaling Pathway: Role in Health and Disease. Hong Kong, 7-8 December, 2017. (Participate)

(4) Liu Jianhui. 2017. Effects of tea water extracts on body weight reduction and gut microbiota modification in C57BL/6J mice fed a high-fat diet. Three Places of Cross-Strait Food Safety and Human Health Seminar and Doctoral forum, Beijing , China, 29-31 August, 2017. (Oral presentation)

Membership and awards:

(1) Membership in American Chemical Society (ACS, USA)

(2) 2016-2017 Madam Wong Siew Khoon Scholarships 2016/17, The Chinese University of Hong Kong