Education - Q (Qing) Ren
Qing Ren is a postdoctoral researcher in the Food Quality and Design (FQD) group at Wageningen University & Research. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Food Quality and Safety and an MSc in Food Engineering from the Food Biotechnology Group at Jiangnan University (2017–2020).
In 2020, she joined the Food Quality and Design group at Wageningen University & Research for her PhD (2020–2024). Her doctoral research investigated the effects of processing, including heating and homogenization, on the digestion of goat milk proteins in infants, particularly in relation to different casein-to-whey protein ratios.
After obtaining her PhD in 2024, she continued her research as a postdoctoral researcher under Prof. Kasper Hettinga in the FQD group. Her current research focuses on adult digestion of cow milk, exploring proteolysis, peptide formation, and peptide absorption.