Name: Ban Zhaojun
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: August 12, 1980
E-mail: banzhaojun@zust.edu.cn andbzhaojun@163.com
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
2001–2006 Research Technologist, Agriculture Technology Extension Center Dashiqiao City, Liaoning Province, China
2006–2009 M.Sc. — Agricultural Products Processing and Storage Engineering,
Tianjin University of Science and Technology
Tianjin City, China
2009–2014 Research Associate, Jinan Fruit Research Institute, All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives (Beijing)
Jinan City, Shandong Province, China
2011–2014 Ph.D. — Postharvest Physiology and Preservation of Fruit and Vegetable
Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China
2012–2014 Joint Ph.D. candidate—Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada
2014–2015 Postdoctoral Fellow—Department of Postharvest and Food Science, ARO the Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
2015–present Associate Professor—Department of Food Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology(ZUST), Hangzhou, China
2018–2020 Postdoctoral Fellow—Zhejiang University-Tianjin Gasin-DH Preservation Technology Co., Ltd.
2021–2022 Visiting Scholar—Shanghai Jiaotong University
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
(1) Edible coating and food packaging;
(2) Postharvest biology and quality control for horticultural products;
(3) Natural antimicrobial compounds development and biocontrol technology;
(4) Chilling injury and molecular mechanism.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Projects under research
1. Regulation mechanism ofchilling injury mediated by mitochondrialnitrosationmodified protein GSNOR in jujube fruit (32172268), supported byNational Natural Science Foundation of China (20220101-20251231).
2. Research, development and demonstration of key technologies for intelligent and accurate cold chain preservation of Aksu apple (2022C04039), supported byKey R & D projects in Zhejiang Province (20220101-20241231).
3. Study on common technical standards for environmental quality investigation and monitoring of agricultural products producing areas(2018YFF02134000),supported by NationalQualityInspectionPublicWelfare Project (20180601-20220531).
Completed projects
1. Study on the mechanism of chitosan regulating the expression ofCuROP protein in Citrus floating skin and plasma membrane (LY17C200008),GeneralProject of Zhejiang Natural Science Foundation.
2. Study on the construction of stable and controlled release system and preservation mechanism of ginger essential oil(2018M641659),GeneralFundedProjects of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.
3. Mechanism analysis of exogenous carbon dioxide mediated regulation network of strawberry respiration and metabolism (2019QN212019), Youth Science Foundation Project of Zhejiang University of science and technology.
4. Study on the defense mechanism of redox system of jujube fruit under abiotic stress(ZR2014CQ0192015), YouthFundProject of ShandongNaturalScienceFoundation.
PATENTS
1. A flexible mini-refrigerated warehouse,
No. 200810153986.0
2. ‘Fuji’ apple preservative film and technology,
No. 201010502309.2
3. Preservation technology forPleurotus nebrodensis storage and logistics, No.201010502300.1
4. An efficient antifungal agent for garlic sprout,
No. 201010503650.X
5. Biological preservatives for food,
No. 20081015374.9
6. Coating machine for fruit preservation, utility model patent,
No. 201821141348.2
7. Precision controlled fresh-keeping coating device
German utility model patent Nr. 202020106161
8. Silicone rubber modified atmosphere membrane permeability detector
No. 201210061533.1
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
1. Shuang Zhang, Zhengbao Wu, Lingling Liu, Luyin Wang, Xihong Li,Zhaojun Ban*, Cunkun Chen, Yi Zhu. Partial compression increases acidity, but decreases phenolics in jujube fruit: Evidence from targeted metabolomics,Food Research International, 2023,164:112388
2. Shuang Zhang, Lingling Liu, Zhengbao Wu, Luyin Wang,Zhaojun Ban*. S-nitrosylation of superoxide dismutase and catalase involved in promotion of fruit resistance to chilling stress: a case study onZiziphus jujuba Mill., Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2023,197:112210.
3. Kowaleguet, M.G.G.M., Chen, F., Shi, W., Wu, Z., Wang, L.,Ban, Z.*, Liu, L., Wang, L., Wu, Y., Exgenous polyamines alleviate chilling injury ofCitrus limon fruit,International Food Research Journal, 2022, 29(3):689-706.
4. Wu, Z., Zhang, S., Liu, L., Wang, L.,Ban, Z. *, The Grade of Dried Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill. cv. Junzao) Affects Its Quality Attributes, Antioxidant Activity, and Volatile Aroma Components.Foods, 2023, 12, 989. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12050989
5. Chen, F., Kowaleguet, M.G.G.M., Shi, W., Zhang, S., Dai, J., Ban, Z., Wang, L., Wu, Y., Wang, H., Associating chitosan and nanoemulsion as a delivery system of essential oil; the potential on quality maintenance of minimally processed produce, LWT - Food Science and Technology,2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2021.112925.
6. Zhaojun Ban, Jinglin Zhang, Yongjiang Wang, Xiangzheng Yang, Qiuping Yuan, Xiaojuan Xu, Haiying Cai,Nutritional quality ofreddates (Zizyphus Jujube Mill.) inresponse tomodified andcontrolledatmosphericstorageconditions,Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research, 2020, 18:46-51.
7. Fangyuan Chen, JinglinZhang,Cunkun Chen, M. G. Gloire Martha Kowaleguet,Zhaojun Ban, Lifeng Fei, Chengchen Xu. Chitosan-based layer-by-layer assembly: towards application on quality maintenance of lemon fruits. Advances in Polymer Technology, 2020, doi:10.1155/2020/7320137
8. Mingyi Yang$,Zhaojun Ban$,Zisheng Luo,Junhao Li, Hongyan Lu, Dong Li, Cunkun Chen, Li Li*,Impact of elevated O2 and CO2 atmospheres on chemical attributes and quality of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) during storage,Food Chemistry, 2020, 307, 125550
9. Jinglin Zhang, Zhengbao Wu, Zhaojun Ban*, Li Li, Cunkun Chen, M G Gloire Martha Kowaleguet, Fangyuan Chen, Lifeng Fei, Luyin Wang,Exogenouspolyamines alleviate chilling injury ofjujube fruit (Zizyphus Jujuba Mill),Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 2020,44(10),14746.
10. Zhaojun Ban, Jinglin Zhang, Li Li, Zisheng Luo, Yongjiang Wang, Qiuping Yuan, Bin Zhou, Haidong Liu, Ginger essential oil-based microencapsulation as an efficient delivery system for the improvement of Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) fruit quality, Food Chemistry,2020,306:125628.
11. Zhaojun Ban, Jiawei Yan, Yongjiang Wang, Jinglin Zhang, Qiuping Yuan, Li Li. Effects of postharvest application of chitosan-based layer-by-layer assemblies on regulation of ribosomal and defense proteins in strawberry fruit (Fragaria × ananassa). Scientia Horticulturae, 2018,240:293-302.
12. Zhaojun Ban, Batia Horev, Roi Rutenberg, Ofer Danay, Cristina Bilbao, Tara McHugh, Victor Rodov, Elena Poverenov. Efficient production of fungal chitosan utilizing an advanced freeze-thawing method; quality and activity studies.Food Hydrocolloids, 2018, 81:380-388.
13. Zhaojun Ban, Zisheng Luo, Cunkun Chen, Jinyan Gong, Qiuping Yuan, Linkai Yu, Wen Yu, and Li Li,Cloning ofPcPALgene fromPyrus communis andcharacterization ofitsexpression intwocultivars withdifferentanthocyaninaccumulationlevels.Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy,2017, 11(4):343-348.
14. Zhaojun Ban, Jinglin Zhang, Li Li, Zisheng Luo, Cunkun Chen, Yongjiang Wang, Qiuping Yuan, Chenggang Cai, Linkai Yu,Antioxidant Profiles of Strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) in Relation to Fruit Maturity and Postharvest Storage.Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy,2018, 12: 122-128.
15. Jiawei Yan§,Zhaojun Ban§, Hongyan Lu, Dong Li, Elena Poverenov, Zisheng Luo, Li Li. The aroma volatile repertoire in strawberry fruit: a review,Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2018, doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.9039.
16. Li Li$,Zhaojun Ban$,Jarukitt Limwachiranon, Zisheng Luo*,Proteomic Studies on Fruit Ripening and Senescence,Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2017, 36(2):1-12.
17. Hongyan Lu$, Zhaojun Ban$, Kaidi Wang, Dong Li, Dongdong Li, Elena Poverenov, Li Li, Zisheng Luo*, Aroma volatiles, sensory and chemical attributes of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) chenes and receptacle.International Journal of Food Science and Technology,2017, 52(12): 2614–2622.
18. Zhaojun Ban, Wenwen Wei, Xiangzheng Yang, Jianhua Feng*, Junfeng Guan*, Li Li, Combination of heat treatment and chitosan coating to improve postharvest quality of wolfberry (Lycium barbarum).International Journal of Food Science & Technology, 2015,50, 1019-1025.
19. ZhaojunBan, JianhuaFeng, WenwenWei,Xiangzheng Yang, Jilan Li, Junfeng Guan, Jiang Li, Synergistic effect of sodium chlorite and edible coating on quality maintenance of minimally processedCitrus grandis under passive and active MAP.Journal of Food Science，2015,80(8):C1705-1712.
20. Zhaojun Ban, Li Li, Junfeng Guan, Jianhua Feng*, Maoyu Wu, Xinming Xu, Jiang Li, Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and coating for improving preservation of whole and slicedAgaricus bisporus.Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2014, 51(12): 3894-3901.
21. Li Li$,Zhaojun Ban$, Xihong Li*, Ting Xue, Effect of 1-methylcyclopropene and calcium chloride treatments on quality maintenance of 'Lingwu Long' Jujube fruit.Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2014, 51(4): 700-707.
22. Li Li$, Zhao-jun Ban$, Xi-hong Li*, Mao-yu Wu, Differential Expression of Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Genes and Transcription Factor PcMYB10 in Pears(Pyrus communisL.), Plos ONE, 2012, 7(9): e46070.
23. Zhaojun Ban, Jianhua Feng*, Xihong Li, Li Li.Development and Validation of Mathematical Model for Gas Transmission through Thin Film, Advanced Materials Research, 2011, 199-200: 2005-2009.
24. Zhaojun Ban,Lihua Fan, Craig Doucette, Tim Hughes, Sherry Fillmore, Junfeng Guan, Jiang Li. Antimicrobial effect of cranberry juice onL. innocua andE. coli in different medium.United-Fresh 2014, Chicago, USA, June 2014 (Poster)
25. Yanfang Pan,Lan Chen, Xiaotong Chen, Xiaoyu Jia, Jimin Zhang, Zhaojun Ban, Xihong Li. Postharvest intermittent heat treatment alleviates chilling injury in cold‐stored sweet potato roots through the antioxidant metabolism regulation, Journal of food processing and preservation, 2019. Doi:10.1111/jfpp.14274
26. Jiawei Yan,Zhaojun Ban,Zisheng Luo,Lingfeng Yu,Qiong Wu,Dong Li,Seyed Morteza Zahedi,Li Li*, Variation in cell membrane integrity and enzyme activity of the button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) during storage and transportation,Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2020.
27. Wenhan Yang§, Lei Wang§,Zhaojun Ban, Jiawei Yan, Hongyan Lu, Xiaochen Zhang, Qiong Wu, Morteza Soleimani Aghdam, Zisheng Luo∗, Li Li∗,Efficient microencapsulation ofSyringa essential oil; the valuable potential on quality maintenance and storage behavior of peach,Food Hydrocolloids, 2019, 95: 177-185.
28. Li Li§, Qiong Wu§, Youyong Wang, Morteza Soleimani Aghdam, Zhaojun Ban, Xiaochen Zhang, Hongyan Lu, Dong Li, Jiawei Yan, Jarukitt Limwachiranon, Zisheng Luo*,Systematically quantitative proteomics and metabolite profiles offer insight into fruit ripening behavior inFragaria × ananassa, RSC Advances, 2019, 9: 14093.
29. Cunkun Chen, Xiaojun Zhang, Huijie Zhang,Zhaojun Ban, Li Li, Chenghu Dong, Haipeng Ji and Wentong Xue. Label-free quantitative proteomics to investigate the response of strawberry fruit after controlled ozone treatment.RSC Advances, 2019, 9: 676.
30. Jiawei Yan,Zisheng Luo,Hongyan Lu, Dong Li, Dongmei Yang, Zhaojun Ban, Li Li*,The effect of the layer-by-layer (LBL) edible coating on strawberry quality and metabolites during storage,Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2019, 147: 29-38.
31. Hongyan Lu, Kaidi Wang, Lei Wang, Dong Li, Jiawei Yan,Zhaojun Ban, Zisheng Luo, Li Li, Dongmei Yang. Effect of superatmospheric oxygen exposure on strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) volatiles, sensory and chemical attributes,Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2018, 142: 60-71.
32. Qiong Wu, Jiawei Bai, Xiaoya Tao, Wangshu Mou, Zisheng Luo, Linchun Mao,Zhaojun Ban, Tiejin Ying*, Li Li*. Synergistic effect of abscisic acid and ethylene on color development in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit,Scientia Horticulturae, 2018, 235: 169-180.
33. Cristina Bilbao-Sainz, Bor-Sen Chiou, Tina Williams, Delilah Wood, Wen-Xian Du, Ivana Sedej,Zhaojun Ban, Victor Rodov, Elena Poverenov, Yakov Vinokur, Tara McHugh*, Vitamin D-fortified Chitosan Films from Mushroom Waste. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017, 167: 97-104
34. Di Wang, Li Li, Yanqun Xu, Jarukitt Limwachiranon, Dong Li,Zhaojun Ban, and Zisheng Luo*, Effect of exogenous nitro oxide on chilling tolerance, polyamine, proline, and γ‑aminobutyric acid in bamboo shoots (Phyllostachys praecox f. prevernalis), Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2017, 65:5607−5613.
35. Dong Li, Li Li,Zhiwei Ge,Jarukitt Limwachiranon, Zhaojun Ban, Dongmei Yang,Zisheng Luo*. Effects of hydrogen sulfide on yellowing and energy metabolism in broccoli.Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2017, 129: 136-142.
36. Hongyan Lu,Zhaojun Ban, Kaidi Wang, Dong Li, Dongdong Li, Elena Poverenov, Li Li*,Zisheng Luo*.Aroma volatiles, sensory and chemical attributes of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) achenes and receptacle,International Journal of Food Science and Technology,2017, 52, 2614-2622.
37. Li Li, Zisheng Luo, Xinhong Huang, Lu Zhang, Pengyu Zhao, Hongyuan Ma, Xihong Li,Zhaojun Ban, Xia Liu.Label-free quantitative proteomics to investigate strawberry proteome changes under controlled atmosphere and low temperature storage,Journal of Proteomics, 2015, 120,44-57.
38. Li Li, Xihong Li*, Zhaojun Ban, Yunhong Jiang.Variation in antioxidant metabolites and enzymes of‘Red Fuji’ apple pulp and peel during cold storage.International Journal of Food Properties, 2014,17(5): 1067-1080.
39. Li Li,Zhaojun Ban, XiHong Li*, Xiuli Wang, Junfeng Guan, Phytochemical and microbiological changes of honey pomelo (Citrus grandis L.) slices stored under super atmospheric oxygen, low-oxygen and passive modified atmospheres,International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2012, 47: 2205–2211.
40. Lihua Fan, Tim Hughes,Zhaojun Ban, Greg Bezanson, Charlie Forney, Tim Ells, Junfeng Guan.Investigation of vapor heat treatment on microbial control and quality of cantaloupes. United-Fresh 2014, Chicago, USA, June 2014 (Poster)
41. Li Li, Xihong Li*,Aili Wang, Yuqian Jiang,Zhaojun Ban, Effect of heat treatment on physiochemical, colour, antioxidant and microstructural characteristics of apples during storage,International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2013,48(4): 727-734.
42. Li Li,XihongLi,ZhaojunBan. A Mathematical Model of the Modified Atmosphere Packaging(MAP) System for the Gas Transmission Rate of Fruit Produce. Food Technol. Biotechnol.,2010,48 (1)71-78.(SCI)
***More than 50 articles published in Chinese are not listed
OTHERS
1. Teaching FoodChemistry course.
2. Master Supervisor in Food Science & Technology Major
