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Food Scientist || Food Industry Consultant || Faculty Research Fellow

Profile Summary

Hi there! I'm Dr. Bryan Quoc Le, and I am a food scientist, food industry consultant, and author of the book, 150 Food Science Questions Answered (2020, Simon & Schuster). I earned my Ph.D. in Food Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where I studied the biological effects of savory flavors from plant-based sources on mammalian cells. I currently serve as a Faculty Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at Pacific Lutheran University, where I am researching ways to valorize food and agricultural waste into sustainable fermentation feedstocks for the alternative protein industry. I also serve as a startup mentor for CoMotion Labs at the University of Washington, a Domain Expert for Carbon13, and as a Research Scholar at the Ronin Institute for Independent Scholarship. Since graduating from my doctoral program, I've gone on to become a scientific advisor and consulting food scientist for a number of food companies, including Blue Diamond Growers, Lactalis, Sosa Ingredients, Trinchero Family Estates, The Good Food Institute, Satoria Agro, TurtleTree, Black Sheep Foods, and others. My consulting work has been recently recognized and I am proudly the recipient of the 2023 Food Science Consultant of the Year for the Global Vegan Awards, hosted by LUXlife Magazine. I am the inventor of the following patents: US20230138662A1, CA3142690A1 I've been quoted by publications such as Forbes, Insider, HuffPost, PopSugar, Eat This, Not That!, Martha Stewart, and many others. I've also given guest lectures on alternative proteins and flavor chemistry for the UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, Microsoft, the Fermentation Science Institute, Cascadia Climate Action, and RAIN Incubator. For more information: https://www.bryanquocle.com

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Food Science
• ★ Food Chemistry
• ☆ Chemistry
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Agricultural Technology
• ☆ Food Engineering
• ☆ Food Additives
• ☆ Food Microbiology
• ☆ Food Preservation
• ☆ Food Safety
• ☆ Flavor & Fragrance Chemistry
• ☆ Food Testing
• ☆ Plant-Based Protein
• ☆ Vegetarian & Vegan Nutrition
• ☆ Food & Beverage Manufacturing
• ☆ Shelf-Life Testing
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ White Papers
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Blog Posts

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Market Research, Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Product Development Formulation

Work Experience

Faculty Research Fellow

Pacific Lutheran University

May 2023 - Present

Food Science Consultant

Bryan Quoc Le LLC

September 2020 - Present

Science & Medicine Graduate Research Scholar

University of Wisconsin, Madison

July 2015 - September 2020

Production Management Intern

Saputo Cheese USA

June 2018 - September 2018

Postgraduate Research Intern

California Institute of Technology-Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis

September 2014 - June 2015

Research Assistant

University of California, Irvine

September 2009 - June 2011

Education

Ph.D. in Food Science

University of Wisconsin, Madison

July 2015 - August 2020

M.S. in Chemistry

University of California, Irvine

September 2013 - December 2014

B.Sc. with Honors in Chemistry (magna cum laude)

University of California, Irvine

September 2007 - June 2011

Certifications

• Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)

  Institute for Food Safety at Cornell University

  August 2021 - Present

• Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)

  International HACCP Alliance

  January 2018 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Restituto Tocmo, Bryan Le, Amber Heun, Jan Peter van Pijkeren, Kirk Parkin, Jeremy James Johnson(2021). Prenylated xanthones from mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) activate the AhR and Nrf2 pathways and protect intestinal barrier integrity in HT-29 cells . Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 163. p. 102--115. Elsevier {BV}