Paul Chen

Research Professor
[email protected]
+1 612 625 7721
301 BioAgEng Building

1390 Eckles Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Center for Biorefining
Education
  • Ph.D. - Food Science, The Queen's University of Belfast.
  • M.Sc. - Agri-product Processing, South China Agricultural University.
  • B.Sc. - Pomology, South China Agricultural University.

Areas of Interest

Food and bioprocessing engineering, healthy and functional foods, liquid and solid waste management and utilization, and renewable energy and bioproducts

Teaching

  • BBE 4723/5723: Food Processing Engineering
  • BBE 8703: Managing Water in Food and Biological Systems

Research

Bioprocessing and food engineering, biomass conversion, biorefining, bioenergy, wastewater treatment and utilization, food processing, food safety, healthy foods.

  • Non-thermal pasteurization and disinfection of foods and biological materials using intense pulsed light (IPL) and non-thermal plasma (NTP)
  • Microwave assisted conversion of biomass and municipal solid wastes (including plastic) to bioenergy, biochar, and value-added products
  • Control of diseases in grains using non-thermal processes
  • Intervention strategies and technologies for assurance of pork supply chain safety
  • Integration of animal manure treatment with microalgae and hydroponic cultivation
  • Study of food bar shelf stability
  • Novel techniques for sanitizing animal production facility air (Inactivation of Avian Influenza Viruses)
  • Novel fixation of nitrogen from air and water

Select Publications

  • Dai, L., Zhou, N., Li, H., Wang, Y., Liu, Y., Cobb, K., Cheng, Y., Lei, H., Chen, P., and Ruan, R. 2021. Catalytic fast pyrolysis of low density polyethylene into naphtha with high selectivity by dual-catalyst tandem catalysis. Science of The Total Environment, 771:144995.
  • Chen, D., Cheng, Y., Peng, P., Liu, J., Wang, Y., Ma, Y., Anderson, E., Chen,C., Chen, P., Ruan, R. 2019. Effects of intense pulsed light on Cronobacter sakazakii and Salmonella surrogate Enterococcus faecium inoculated in different powdered foods, Food Chemistry, 296:23-28.
  • Chen, P., Q. Xie, M. Addy, W. Zhou, Y. Cheng, Y. Liu, Y. Wang, Y. Wan, Q. Lee, H. Lei, R. Ruan. 2016. Utilization of municipal solid and liquid wastes for bioenergy and bioproducts production. Biorecource Technology. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2016.02.094. Vol.215, pp.163-172.
  • Chen, P.; Xie, Q.; Du, Z.; Borges, F. C.; Peng, P.; Cheng, Y.; Wan, Y.; Lin, X.; Liu, Y.; Ruan, R., Microwave-Assisted Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass for Biofuel Production. In Production of Biofuels and Chemicals with Microwave, Springer: 2015; pp 83-98.
  • Chen, P., Deng, S., Cheng, Y., Lin, X., Metzger, L., and Ruan, R. 2010. Non-thermal Pasteurization Processes. In Case studies in novel food processing technologies, C. Doona (ed). Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge
  • Chen, P., M. Min, Y. Chen, L. Wang, Y. Li, Q. Chen, C. Wang, Y. Wan, X. Wang, Y. Cheng, S. Deng, K. Hennessy, X. Lin, Y. Liu, Y. Wang, B. Martinez, R. Ruan. 2009. Review of biological and engineering aspects of algae to fuel approach. International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering 2(4):1-30.
  • Chen, P. and Ruan, R. 2009. Chapter 2. Bioenergy Industry Status and Prospects, in Industrial Crops and Uses, edited by B. Singh. CABI.
  • Ruan, R. and Chen, P. 1998. Water in Foods and Biological Materials - A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Approach. Technomic Publishing Co., Inc., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, and Basel, Switzerland. 307 pages. ISBN No. 1-56676-589-7.