Professor Xu Yang received his doctorate from Ohio State University in 2017, with an emphasis in food microbiology and food-safety-related research. He continued his postdoctoral training at UC Davis, where he focused on synergistic antimicrobial processing and biosensing. He then joined Cal Poly Pomona in Fall 2019 Fall.
Professor Yang is teaching several food safety/food microbiology related courses, such as FST 3250 (Food Safety and Current Issues), FST 4170 (Unit Operations in Food Processing I), FST 4300 (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) and Food Microbiology. Besides academic experience, Professor Yang has also worked in Nestle as a technical service support.
