Weibiao is Head of the Department of Food Science & Technology at the National University of Singapore. He has previously worked in Australia and is familiar with New Zealand. He has been elected a Fellow of the Singapore National Academy of Science (SNAS), the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST), and several other learned & professional societies. His research interests are in the food engineering and food processing areas. Weibiao’s food interests match naturally with our research. He has a good understanding of the landscape in New Zealand, has links into a research centre in China, and has chaired Government level committees and been on Boards in Singapore. He was part of the group that originally recommended Singapore move towards being partially food self-sufficient through building up the national agri-food industry’s capability and capacity (‘30 by 30' initiative).

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