Dr. Xia Qiuyu
Coconut Research Institute （CRI）
Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS)
Address: No 496, Wenqing Rd., Wenchang, Hainan,571339, P.R. China
Phone: +86-898-63331201
Fax: +86-898-63330673
E-mail:qiuyu601@outlook.com;qiuyuxia@catas.cn
Qiuyu Xia is the director of product research and development center for CRI-CATAS. Dr. Xia obtained his Ph.D.in Biology & Chemistry from Deakin University in Australia at 2018, his thesis focuses on the preparation and stabilisation of omega-3 concentrates. Dr. Xia has approximately 20 peer-reviewed publications and several patents. His research interests include lipid chemistry, natural products chemistry, food biotechnology and omega- 3 oil technology, his current research is primarily in the processing technology and characterization of virgin coconut oil and its industrial production.
Publication:
(1) Qiuyu Xia, Taiwo O. Akanbi, Rui Li, Bo Wang, Wenrong Yang, Colin J. Barrow. Lipase-catalysed synthesis of palm oil-omega-3 structured lipids, Food & Function, 10 (2019) 3142-3149.
(2) Qiuyu Xia, Taiwo O. Akanbi, Bo Wang, Rui Li, Wenrong Yang, Colin J. Barrow. Investigating the Mechanism for the Enhanced Oxidation Stability of Microencapsulated Omega-3 Concentrates. Marine Drugs. 2019; 17(3):143.
(3) Qiuyu Xia, Bo Wang, Taiwo Akanbi, Rui Li, Wenrong Yang, Benu Adhikari, Colin J Barrow. Microencapsulation of lipase produced omega-3 concentrates resulted in complex coacervates with unexpectedly high oxidative stability, Journal of functional foods. 2017, 35:499-506.
(4) Minmin Tang, Qiuyu Xia, Brendan J. Holland, Hui Wang, Yufeng Zhang, Rui Li, Hongxing Cao. Effects of Different Pretreatments to Fresh Fruit on Chemical and Thermal Characteristics of Crude Palm Oil. Journal of food science, 2017, 82(12), 2857-2863.
(5) Qiuyu Xia, Rui Li, Tang Minmin, Weijun Chen, Songlin Zhao. Components of Natural Coconut Oil and its Influences on Oxidation Stability of Peanut Oil, Journal of the Chinese Cereals and Oils Association, 2012, 27(9):64-66.
(6) Qiuyu Xia, Rui Li, Songlin Zhao, Weijun Chen, Hua Chen, Bo Xin, Yulin Huang.
Chemical composition changes of post-harvest coconut inflorescence sap during natural fermentation. African Journal of Biotechnology, 2011, 10(66):14999-15005.
