Conference speaker
Dr. Rong Tsao (Rong Cao) is a Senior Research Scientist at the Guelph Research & Development Centre of Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from China Agriculture University and received his MSc and Ph.D. from Kyushu University, Japan. He was a postdoc at Iowa State University.
Dr. Tsao’s research is in the area of food bioactives, particularly on the bioaccessibility, bioavailability and metabolism of phytochemicals with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities and food attributes related to gut health. He holds different adjunct positions, has about peer-reviewed publications, and is an Associate Editor of Food Chemistry.