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Dr Jiahua Shi
Dr

Jiahua Shi

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Overview

Background

Dr Jiahua Shi got her PhD in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore in 2015, followed by three years postdoc training at NTU Food Technology Centre, Singapore, as well as APEC Centre for Sustainable Development in Agriculture & Fishery Sectors, Singapore. She also worked four years at School of Environmental Engineering and School of Medicine at University of Wollongong before joining UQ. As a FaBA Senior Research Fellow and Future Research Leader, Dr Shi's research at UQ focuses on premium food and beverge products aligning with the Trailblazer of Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator (FaBA).

With a strong foundation in food science, fermentation, analytical chemistry, and sustainable food systems, Jiahua’s work focuses on microbial transformation of natural food into high-value functional food products using advanced fermentation technologies, including food grade fermentation and solid-state fermentation. Her research helps address critical industry challenges such as food waste reduction, upcycling of processing residues, development of novel food ingredients, and improvement of nutritional profiles in food and beverage products. Another key focus of Jiahua’s role is developing innovative food products and conducting shelf life testing. She transforms novel ideas into market-ready products by carefully balancing functionality, nutrition, sensory quality, and commercial feasibility.

Jiahua has led and contributed to numerous nationally and internationally funded research projects, collaborating with food industry partners, government agencies, and research institutions across Australia, China, Singapore, and Denmark. Her translational research supports industry needs in product innovation, ingredient development, and sustainable processing. Since 2015, Jiahua has attracted 6 research grants (>1.2 million) as chief investigator (lead CI and/or co-CI).

Jiahua recently secured a $5.6 million research project in May 2025 as the Lead Chief Investigator for “Premium Oat Innovations: Developing High-Value Oat-Based Food Products for Emerging Markets.” This project aims to create innovative, oat-based solutions tailored to evolving global consumer needs, with a strong focus on nutrition, sensory quality, and market differentiation.

Availability

Dr Jiahua Shi is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Biotechnology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology (北京化工大学)
  • Doctor of Philosophy of Chemical and Biomedical, Nanyang Technological University

Research interests

  • Premium Australian food and beverage

  • Sustainable food processing system

  • High value nutrients and food ingredients

  • Microbial conversion of food waste

Works

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35 works between 2013 and 2025

1 - 20 of 35 works

Featured

2024

Journal Article

Effect of high-pressure on protein structure, refolding, and crystallization

Baldelli, Alberto, Shi, Jiahua, Singh, Anika, Guo, Yigong, Fathordoobady, Farahnaz, Amiri, Amir and Pratap-Singh, Anubhav (2024). Effect of high-pressure on protein structure, refolding, and crystallization. Food Chemistry Advances, 5 100741, 100741. doi: 10.1016/j.focha.2024.100741

Effect of high-pressure on protein structure, refolding, and crystallization

Featured

2024

Journal Article

Inverse metabolic engineering based on metabonomics for efficient production of hydroxytyrosol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Liu, Yingjie, Gu, Bixuan, Shi, Jiahua, Fu, Changchun, Zhang, Xuepeng, Chen, Xinqi, Yang, Ruijin and Lyu, Xiaomei (2024). Inverse metabolic engineering based on metabonomics for efficient production of hydroxytyrosol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Bioresource Technology, 409 131187, 131187. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131187

Inverse metabolic engineering based on metabonomics for efficient production of hydroxytyrosol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Featured

2024

Conference Publication

FDNet: frequency domain denoising network for cell segmentation in astrocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells

Li, Haoran, Shi, Jiahua, Chen, Huaming, Du, Bo, Maksour, Simon, Phillips, Gabrielle, Dottori, Mirella and Shen, Jun (2024). FDNet: frequency domain denoising network for cell segmentation in astrocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Athens, Greece, 27-30 May 2024. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ISBI56570.2024.10635607

FDNet: frequency domain denoising network for cell segmentation in astrocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells

2025

Conference Publication

Vox-UDA: Voxel-wise Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for cryo-electron subtomogram segmentation with denoised pseudo-labeling

Li, Haoran, Li, Xingjian, Shi, Jiahua, Chen, Huaming, Du, Bo, Kihara, Daisuke, Barthelemy, Johan, Shen, Jun and Xu, Min (2025). Vox-UDA: Voxel-wise Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for cryo-electron subtomogram segmentation with denoised pseudo-labeling. 39th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Philadelphia, PA USA, 25 February-4 March 2025. Washington, DC USA: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. doi: 10.1609/aaai.v39i1.32019

Vox-UDA: Voxel-wise Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for cryo-electron subtomogram segmentation with denoised pseudo-labeling

2024

Journal Article

Characterisation and quantification of phenolic, anthocyanidin and terpene species in plant foods and plant food-based complementary products with antioxidant and neuroprotective properties

May, Naomi, Shi, Jiahua, Clunas, Helen, de Sousa Alves Neri, Julianna Lys, Kelso, Celine, Morgan, Jody, Yu, Yinghua, Charlton, Karen and Weston-Green, Katrina (2024). Characterisation and quantification of phenolic, anthocyanidin and terpene species in plant foods and plant food-based complementary products with antioxidant and neuroprotective properties. Food and Function, 15 (23), 11537-11563. doi: 10.1039/d4fo02942a

Characterisation and quantification of phenolic, anthocyanidin and terpene species in plant foods and plant food-based complementary products with antioxidant and neuroprotective properties

2024

Conference Publication

Transforming food waste into value: Industry innovations and sustainable solutions for a circular economy

Shi, Jiahua (2024). Transforming food waste into value: Industry innovations and sustainable solutions for a circular economy. DAF-QAAFI Food Science Seminar, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 1 October 2024.

Transforming food waste into value: Industry innovations and sustainable solutions for a circular economy

2024

Conference Publication

Upcycling food waste into value-added products towards a circular economy

Shi, Jiahua (2024). Upcycling food waste into value-added products towards a circular economy. FaBA Premium Food and Beverages Seminar, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 25 July 2024.

Upcycling food waste into value-added products towards a circular economy

2024

Conference Publication

Waste to taste: transformation of food waste into value-added products

Shi, Jiahua (2024). Waste to taste: transformation of food waste into value-added products. QAAFI Annual Research Meeting, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 26 March 2024.

Waste to taste: transformation of food waste into value-added products

2024

Journal Article

Global disentangled graph convolutional neural network based on a graph topological metric

Liu, Wenzhen, Zhou, Guoqiang, Mao, Xiaoyu, Bao, Shudi, Li, Haoran, Shi, Jiahua, Chen, Huaming, Shen, Jun and Huang, Yuanming (2024). Global disentangled graph convolutional neural network based on a graph topological metric. Knowledge-Based Systems, 284 111283, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.knosys.2023.111283

Global disentangled graph convolutional neural network based on a graph topological metric

2023

Journal Article

Wastewater-based epidemiology of Campylobacter spp.: A systematic review and meta-analysis of influent, effluent, and removal of wastewater treatment plants

Zhang, Shuxin, Shi, Jiahua, Li, Xuan, Tiwari, Ananda, Gao, Shuhong, Zhou, Xu, Sun, Xiaoyan, O'Brien, Jake W., Coin, Lachlan, Hai, Faisal and Jiang, Guangming (2023). Wastewater-based epidemiology of Campylobacter spp.: A systematic review and meta-analysis of influent, effluent, and removal of wastewater treatment plants. Science of The Total Environment, 903 166410, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166410

Wastewater-based epidemiology of Campylobacter spp.: A systematic review and meta-analysis of influent, effluent, and removal of wastewater treatment plants

2023

Journal Article

Triplex qPCR assay for Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli monitoring in wastewater

Zhang, Shuxin, Shi, Jiahua, Li, Xuan, Coin, Lachlan, O'Brien, Jake W., Sivakumar, Muttucumaru, Hai, Faisal and Jiang, Guangming (2023). Triplex qPCR assay for Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli monitoring in wastewater. Science of The Total Environment, 892 164574, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164574

Triplex qPCR assay for Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli monitoring in wastewater

2023

Journal Article

Investigating the therapeutic potential of plants and plant-based medicines: relevance to antioxidant and neuroprotective effects

May, Naomi, de Sousa Alves Neri, Julianna Lys, Clunas, Helen, Shi, Jiahua, Parkes, Ella, Dongol, Anjila, Wang, Zhizhen, Naranjo, Carlos Jimenez, Yu, Yinghua, Huang, Xu-Feng, Charlton, Karen and Weston-Green, Katrina (2023). Investigating the therapeutic potential of plants and plant-based medicines: relevance to antioxidant and neuroprotective effects. Nutrients, 15 (18) 3912, 1-29. doi: 10.3390/nu15183912

Investigating the therapeutic potential of plants and plant-based medicines: relevance to antioxidant and neuroprotective effects

2023

Journal Article

Fate of coronaviruses during the wastewater coagulation with ferric chloride

Guo, Ying, Shi, Jiahua, Sharma, Elipsha, Gao, Shuhong, Zhou, Xu, Liu, Yanchen, Sivakumar, Muttucumaru and Jiang, Guangming (2023). Fate of coronaviruses during the wastewater coagulation with ferric chloride. ACS - ES & T Water, 3 (10), 3206-3214. doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.3c00112

Fate of coronaviruses during the wastewater coagulation with ferric chloride

2023

Journal Article

The reduction of SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentration in the presence of sewer biofilms

Zhang, Shuxin, Sharma, Elipsha, Tiwari, Ananda, Chen, Yan, Sherchan, Samendra P., Gao, Shuhong, Zhou, Xu, Shi, Jiahua and Jiang, Guangming (2023). The reduction of SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentration in the presence of sewer biofilms. Water, 15 (11) 2132, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/w15112132

The reduction of SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentration in the presence of sewer biofilms

2023

Journal Article

In-sewer decay and partitioning of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli and implications for their wastewater surveillance

Zhang, Shuxin, Shi, Jiahua, Sharma, Elipsha, Li, Xuan, Gao, Shuhong, Zhou, Xu, O'Brien, Jake, Coin, Lachlan, Liu, Yanchen, Sivakumar, Muttucumaru, Hai, Faisal and Jiang, Guangming (2023). In-sewer decay and partitioning of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli and implications for their wastewater surveillance. Water Research, 233 119737, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119737

In-sewer decay and partitioning of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli and implications for their wastewater surveillance

2023

Journal Article

Effects of sewer biofilms on the degradability of carbapenems in wastewater using laboratory scale bioreactors

Sharma, Elipsha, Sivakumar, Muttucumaru, Kelso, Celine, Zhang, Shuxin, Shi, Jiahua, Gao, Jianfa, Gao, Shuhong, Zhou, Xu and Jiang, Guangming (2023). Effects of sewer biofilms on the degradability of carbapenems in wastewater using laboratory scale bioreactors. Water Research, 233 119796, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119796

Effects of sewer biofilms on the degradability of carbapenems in wastewater using laboratory scale bioreactors

2023

Journal Article

Corrigendum: Fetoplacental transmission and placental response to SARS-CoV-2: evidence from the literature (Frontiers in Medicine, (2022), 9, (962937), 10.3389/fmed.2022.962937)

Ezechukwu, Henry C., Shi, Jiahua, Fowora, Muinah A., Diya, Cornelius A., Elfaki, Faiz and Adegboye, Oyelola A. (2023). Corrigendum: Fetoplacental transmission and placental response to SARS-CoV-2: evidence from the literature (Frontiers in Medicine, (2022), 9, (962937), 10.3389/fmed.2022.962937). Frontiers in Medicine, 10 1272249. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1272249

Corrigendum: Fetoplacental transmission and placental response to SARS-CoV-2: evidence from the literature (Frontiers in Medicine, (2022), 9, (962937), 10.3389/fmed.2022.962937)

2022

Journal Article

Fetoplacental transmission and placental response to SARS-CoV-2: Evidence from the literature

Ezechukwu, Henry C., Shi, Jiahua, Fowora, Muinah A., Diya, Cornelius A., Elfaki, Faiz and Adegboye, Oyelola A. (2022). Fetoplacental transmission and placental response to SARS-CoV-2: Evidence from the literature. Frontiers in Medicine, 9 962937, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.962937

Fetoplacental transmission and placental response to SARS-CoV-2: Evidence from the literature

2022

Journal Article

SARS-CoV-2 shedding sources in wastewater and implications for wastewater-based epidemiology

Li, Xuan, Kulandaivelu, Jagadeeshkumar, Guo, Ying, Zhang, Shuxin, Shi, Jiahua, O'Brien, Jake, Arora, Sudipti, Kumar, Manish, Sherchan, Samendra P., Honda, Ryo, Jackson, Greg, Luby, Stephen P. and Jiang, Guangming (2022). SARS-CoV-2 shedding sources in wastewater and implications for wastewater-based epidemiology. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 432 128667, 128667. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128667

SARS-CoV-2 shedding sources in wastewater and implications for wastewater-based epidemiology

2022

Journal Article

Analytical performance comparison of four SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR primer-probe sets for wastewater samples

Zhang, Shuxin, Li, Xuan, Shi, Jiahua, Sivakumar, Muttucumaru, Luby, Stephen, O'Brien, Jake and Jiang, Guangming (2022). Analytical performance comparison of four SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR primer-probe sets for wastewater samples. Science of the Total Environment, 806 (Pt 2) 150572, 150572. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150572

Analytical performance comparison of four SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR primer-probe sets for wastewater samples

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