Associate Professor
Education background:
BSc, Horticulture Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 2004.9-2008.7
PhD, Processing and Storage Engineering of Agricultural Products, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 2008.9-2013.7
Research Interests:
1. Post-harvest Biology and Technology of Agricultural Products, especially in Fruit and Vegetable
2. Innovation in Food Processing, Storage and Transportation, especially in Fruit, Vegetable and
Tea
Overseas Experiences:
Visiting scholar, Indian River Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 2016.11- 2018.03
Selection of Publications：
1. Lin Yifen, Chen Mengyin, Lin Hetong, Lin Mengshi, Hung Yen-Con, Lin Yixiong, Chen
Yihui, Wang Hui, Ritenour Mark A. Phomopsis longanae-induced pericarp browning and
disease development of longan fruit can be alleviated or aggravated by regulation of ATP
mediated membrane lipid metabolism. Food Chemistry, 2018, 269: 644–651.
2. Lin Yifen, Chen Mengyin, Lin Hetong, Hung Yen-Con, Lin Yixiong, Chen Yihui, Wang
Hui, Shi John. DNP and ATP induced alteration in disease development of Phomopsis
longanae Chi-inoculated longan fruit by acting on energy status and reactive oxygen
species production-scavenging system. Food Chemistry, 2017, 228: 497–505.
3.Lin Yuzhao,Lin Hetong, Lin Mengshi, ZhengYi, Chen Yazhen,Wang Hui, Fan
Zhongqi,Chen Yihui, Lin Yifen. DNP and ATP modulate the developments of pulp softening
and breakdown in Phomopsis longanae Chi-infected fresh longan through regulating the cell
wall polysaccharides metabolism.Food Chemistry, 2022, 397, 133837.
4.Lin Yifen, Chen Yazhen, Zheng Yi, Zhang Huili, Lin Mengshi, Wang Hui, Fan Zhongqi,
Chen Yihui, Lin Hetong. Energy and respiratory metabolism participate in
dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and disodium succinate-mediated the alteration of energy status
modulating pericarp browning of fresh longan. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2024,
213, 112959.
5.Zheng Yi, Yu Jing, Wen Hongyi, Chen Yazhen, Lin Mengshi, Lin Yuzhao, Sang Yueying, Li
Shucheng,Chen Yihui, Lin Yifen, Lin Hetong Phomopsis longanae Chi infection induces
changes in the metabolisms of energy and respiration in relation to longan pulp breakdown.
Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2025, 219,113199.
Research Projects:
1.National Natural Science Foundation of China, Young Scientists Fund Program, The Role
of Changes in Energy Charge Status and Respiratory Metabolism Pathways Caused by
Reactive Oxygen Species in the Pulp Autolysis of Postharvest Longan Fruits (31701653),
2018.01-2020.12, Funding amount CNY 230, 000，Completed，Principle Investigator.
2.National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Program, The Role of ATP
Synthesis Inhibition Mediated by Proton Channel Blockers in the Browning of Longan Fruit
Peels (31972130), 2020.01-2023.12, Funding amount CNY 580, 000，Completed，Principle
Investigator.
3.National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Program, Study on the Energy
Synthesis and Regulation Mechanism during the Occurrence Process of Postharvest Diseases
of Longan Fruits (32272394), Funding amount CNY 540, 000，In progress，Principle
Investigator.
Email：yifenlin@126.com