Prof. Dr. Sophia Jun Xue is a Research Assistant at the Guelph Research and Development Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. She obtained her master's degree in bioprocessing engineering from the Asian Institute of Technology in 1999 and her Ph.D. in Food Technology and Processing from McGill University in 2006. In addition, she participated in the "Green" Processing Research of the Canola Science Cluster Team and was awarded the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) 2023 Gold Harvest Award.