Associate Professor
Education background:
BSc, Food Science and Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, 2001.9-2005.7
MSc, Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, 2005.9-2008.7
PhD, Agricultural Products Processing and Storage Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, 2007.9-2011.6
Research Interests:
1. Investigating the nutritional and functional properties of food-derived bioactive compounds,
with a focus on peptides and proteins.
2. Developing advanced processing technologies for the efficient extraction and utilization of
bioactive peptides in food systems.
3. Studying the biochemical mechanisms underlying the functionality of food-derived peptides
and their role in human health.
Overseas Experiences:
1. Visiting Scholar, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota,
USA, 2014.8-2015.8
2. Visiting Scholar, Functional Food Research Group, Division of Allied Health, School of
Allied and Public Health, University of Chester, UK, 2024.4-2025.3
Selection of Publications:
1.Ningning Zhang,Shaoli Guo,Yuting Zheng,Weili Li.Isolation and Characterisation of Acid \
Soluble Collagens and Pepsin Soluble Collagens from Eel (Anguilla japonica Temminck et
Schlegel) Skin and Bone. Foods, 2025,14(3):502.2.Limei Xie,Shaoli Guo,Hongting
Rao,Bingying Lan,Baodong Zheng,Ningning Zhang,Characterization of volatile flavor
compounds and aroma active components in button mushroom (agaricus bisporus) across
various cooking methods.Foods, 2024, 13(5): 1-18.
3.Yuyin Zhou,Ningning Zhang,Andrea Y. Arikawa, Chi Chen,Inhibitory effects of green tea
polyphenols on microbial metabolism of aromatic amino acids in humans revealed by
metabolomic analysis.Metabolites, 2019, 9(5).
4.Ningning Zhang,Chong Zhang,Yuanyuan Chen,Baodong Zheng.Purification and
characterization of antioxidant peptides of pseudosciaena crocea protein hydrolysates,
Molecules, 2017, 22(1): 1-11.
5.Zhang Ningning,Wen-hui Guo,Han Hu,A-rong Zhou,Qing-pei Liu,Zheng Bao-
dong,Shao-xiao Zeng.Effect of a polyphenol-rich canarium album extract on the
composition of the gut microbiota of mice fed a high-fat diet, Molecules, 2018, 23(9).
Research Projects:
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Young Scientists Fund Program, Effects and Mechanism of Casein Macropeptide on Appetite (31301458), Funding amount CNY 230,000, 2014.01.01-2016.12.31, Completed, Principal Investigator.
Email:znnfst@163.com