Dr. Zhong received his B.S. in Animal Nutrition and Feed Processing from Wuhan Grain Industry College, in Wuhan, China and his M.S. in Food science from North Carolina State University. He has received Ph. D.s in Food Science and Chemical Engineering, both from North Carolina State University. At UT, his research interests include delivery systems as novel food ingredients, food nanoscience and nanotechnology, and interfacial engineering.