Professor Jun Lu obtained his BSc from East China Normal University and his MSc and PhD from the University of Auckland. His research interest is mainly in nutraceutical products and metabolic disease. He has published more than 120 peer-reviewed journal articles. He has been working on New Zealand seafood products (including mussel, seaweed, paua, fish, and clams) to extract bioactive compounds for more than ten years. He is the principal investigator of the HVN-funded project "Mussel–Fucoidan as Supplemented Superfood for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes and Alleviation of Joint Pain".
Research Keywords & Expertise
Cancer
Cardiovascular Disease
Diabetes
Marine Biology
MRI
Nutraceuticals
Nutrition
Pancreas
natural compounds
Marine biomacromolecul...
fucoidan
Undaria pinnatifida
Antiinflammatory
organ fat
Fingerprints
16%
Cancer
14%
Diabetes
11%
Undaria pinnatifida
9%
fucoidan
7%
Nutraceuticals
5%
MRI
5%
Nutrition
5%
Antiinflammatory
5%
Cardiovascular Disease
5%
Pancreas
5%
natural compounds
5%
organ fat
Short Biography
Professor Jun Lu obtained his BSc from East China Normal University and his MSc and PhD from the University of Auckland. His research interest is mainly in nutraceutical products and metabolic disease. He has published more than 120 peer-reviewed journal articles. He has been working on New Zealand seafood products (including mussel, seaweed, paua, fish, and clams) to extract bioactive compounds for more than ten years. He is the principal investigator of the HVN-funded project "Mussel–Fucoidan as Supplemented Superfood for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes and Alleviation of Joint Pain".