Journal of Nutritional Disorders & Therapy

Ion C. Baianu

Biography

Dr. Ion C. Baianu completed his Ph.D. in Biophysics, from University of London, Queen Elizabeth College, Department of Physics, London, UK (with Professor R.E. Burge, DSc, F.Inst.P.), 1974.Ion C. Baianu Working as a Professor of Food Physical Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana, ACES, Food Science and Human Nutrition Department (1994- till date). He worked as a Coordinate Research Activities at the AFC-NMR and Micro- Spectroscopic Facility of ACES College. Research on Genetic and Analytical studies for Crop and Human Health Improvements, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana, Illinois.

Research Interest

Physical chemistry of foods; rapid analysis of soybeans and corn seeds composition by Near Infrared/MidIR and High-resolution NMR for quality improvements; NIR and Fluorescence Microspectroscopy developments for Biotechnology, Plant Genomics, Microbiology and Proteomics investigations; single molecule detection (SMD) and super-resolution fluorescence microspectroscopy and FT-NIR/ IR chemical imaging applications to metabolic studies, oncogenesis, cancers and related biochemistry; hydration of food proteins; microencapsulation; developing value-added soybean and corn products.