Wai Fun Leong

My skill: Analytical Instrumentation: HPLC, LC-MS, GC, GC-MS, GC-HS, GC-SPME-HS spectrophotometer, Dumas Nitrogen analyzer, soxtec fat analyzer, texture analyzer, colorimeter, moisture analyzer, water activity meter, refractometer, rheometer, viscometer, particle sizer, TEM, pH and titration, electrophoresis.

• Processing equipment: Freeze dryer, UHT, HTST pasteurizer, ice cream freezers, retort, can seamers.  
• Product Development: Manage pilot plant projects, contributing to new product development in the Food Science Department and Berkey Creamery. Skilled in formulation, prototyping, experimental design, optimization, product testing and evaluation, nutritional label and claims, ingredient sourcing and costing, production scale-up, and student advising. 
• Research Laboratory Operation and Management: Lead and manage research and development projects, collaborate with team members, conduct literature research, define methodology, perform field and bench works, analyze data, present research reports, implement lab operation standards, and maintain inventory and lab supplies storage. 
• Research Specializations: Complex emulsion systems, process and formulation optimization, aroma delivery in complex emulsion system, small molecule interactions, and antioxidant activity
• Teaching and training: Deliver lectures and create new course content for Nutrition and Food Science classes (Human nutrition, Food Preservation, Functional Food, Food Chemistry), provide analytical instrument, and processing equipment training. 
• Statistical and data analysis: Hypothesis testing, regression analysis, ANOVA, experimental design, optimization, modeling, handling big data, data visualization, Minitab, SPSS, Python, R, SQL, Tableau.  
• Languages: English, Malay (Bahasa Malaysia), Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese) 

Experienced Food Scientist with a Ph.D. in Food Technology, specializing in complex emulsions. Skilled in process and formulation optimization, product development, and research lab management. I am highly proficient in analytical instrumentation and data analysis as well as a strong communicator and an adaptable team player. 

Ph.D in Food Technology

BSc in Nutrition & Community Health