Professional Experiences:
2015 － Now     Associate Professor,  Zhejiang University
2011 － 2015    Lecturer,  Zhejiang University

2010 － 2011    Postdoctoral Fellow,  Kansas State University
2009 － 2010    Research Assistant II,  The University of Hong Kong

Education Background:
2005 － 2009    PhD,  The University of Hong Kong
2008 － 2008    Visiting Graduate Scholar, National University of Singapore (Apr to Sep)         
2007 － 2007    Visiting PhD Student, Åbo Akademi University (Feb to Jun) 
2002 － 2005    MSc,  Zhejiang University
1998 － 2002    BSc,  Shandong Agricultural University

Dr. Xiangli Kong received the BSc degree (2002) in Agricultural Resources and Environment from Shandong Agricultural University, the MSc degree (2005) in Biophysics from Zhejiang University and the PhD degree (2009) in Food Science and Nutrition from the University of Hong Kong. After post-doctoral work at the Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Dr. Kong joined the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University in 2011. He is currently an Associate Professor at Zhejiang University. His research interests include: cereal science; carbohydrate chemistry, functionalities and modifications; starch transitions in industry; structural, thermal and rheological properties of biopolymers. Dr. Kong authored over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, published one book (Springer Nature Publishing) as editor and three book chapters.

Research Interests：

Cereal Science and Biotechnology; Structure and Functionalities of Biopolymers (Starch) from Plants；Quality, Nutrition and Health of Raw Materials from Crops