Dr. Fanbin Kong is a Professor of Food Engineering at the University of Georgia. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Environmental Engineering from Tianjin University and Tsinghua University, China, respectively. He had several years of industry experience working in wastewater treatment. He then obtained another M.S. degree in Food Science from North Dakota State University, and received his Ph.D. degree in Food Engineering from Washington State University in 2007. He received postdoc training at UC Davis before joining UGA in 2011 as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2016 and Professor in 2021. Dr. Kong has developed vigorous research and teaching programs. Dr. Kong’s research interests include in vitro simulation of digestive systems, bioaccessibility and bioavailability of food nutrients and bioactive components, and new technologies such as radio frequency heating, microencapsulation, and nanotechnology. He teaches undergraduate courses “Food Engineering Fundamentals” and “Senior Project Design”, and a graduate course “Advanced Food Processes”.