Chi-Tang Ho
American food scientist
Chi-Tang Ho (Chinese: 何其儻; born 1944) is a Chinese-born Taiwanese-American food scientist. He received his PhD in organic chemistry in 1974 and started working as a researcher and professor in the food science department at Rutgers University. He is now director of the food science graduate program at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Accomplishments
Ho has written over 400 journal articles and 140 book chapters on different topics related to science and nutrition. Additionally he has edited 30 scientific books and received seven U.S. patents related to nutrition. He has been an associate editor for the Journal of Food Science, and served on the editorial boards of many food and nutrition journals. He is currently the senior editor at Molecular Nutrition and Food Research. Since 2000, Ho has been an honorary professor at universities in China.--currently, at the Southern Yangtze University in Wuxi, China.
Education and professional experience
BS, Chemistry, National Taiwan University;
MA, Organic Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis;
PhD, Organic Chemistry, Washington University in St.
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