任娇艳，教授、博士生导师，现为教育部全国学校食品安全与营养健康工作专家组专家，担任学院食品营养与健康研究所副所长、中新国际联合研究院PI。2020年入选教育部国家级高层次人才计划、教育部新世纪优秀人才、首届广东省卓越青年团队基金获得者、广东省“珠江学者”特聘教授、首批广东特支计划科技创新青年拔尖人才、广东省杰出青年基金获得者等人才称号。目前还担任国家特殊医学用途配方食品核查专家、中国食品科学技术学会特殊食品分会第三届理事会理事、国际食品营养与安全协会理事、广东省食品学会常务理事、中国非公立医疗机构协会临床营养专业委员会第二届委员、中国营养学会精准营养产业分会第一届委员会委员等学术兼职，所在党支部获广东省第五批新时代高校党建示范创建和质量创优工作“党建工作样板支部”创建单位。

长期扎根于食品营养健康与动植物蛋白源性功能肽结构解析及其功效机制研究。曾于英国剑桥大学、美国康奈尔大学、加拿大联邦农业部AAFC食品科学研究中心等机构访问学习，累计海外学习经历三年以上。

承担过国家重点研发计划，国家自然科学基金、广东省科技计划项目、校企合作项目等40余项。以第一完成人获教育部自然科学奖二等奖1项、“2024年度中国商业联合会科学技术奖”科技进步奖一等奖、中国食品科学技术学会科技创新奖—杰出青年奖1项、第24届全国发明展览会发明创业奖金奖1项、粤港澳大湾区高价值专利培育布局奖1项、2019年度、2020年度华南理工大学—突出贡献奖。

在JAMA、GUT、Advanced Functional Materials、Advanced Science等刊物上以第一/通讯作者发表130余篇论文（ESI高被引论文10篇、1篇EI论文入选《食品科学技术学报》2024 年度“最具影响力学术论文”奖），他引10231次，h因子55，2021-2023连续三年上榜《全球2%顶尖科学家》，获2024年度知网高影响力学者称号、2024年度中国知网高被引学者TOP5%及Wiley颁发的“Outstanding Open Science Author of the Year 2022”荣誉。担任《Food Chemistry》期刊主编、《Food Frontiers》期刊副主编。

获授权中国发明专利52件、外观设计专利6件以及实用新型专利5项，申请国际PCT专利4件，相关技术完成成果鉴定1项、获省部级成果登记4项，以第一署名起草立项团体标准《核桃肽》1项、参与制定国家行业标准4项及团体标准《燕窝肽》、《燕窝肽良好生产规范》、《核桃植物奶》3项，多项科研成果已实现了产业化推广及应用。

在教学上，作为“国家一流课程”、“广东省研究生示范课程”等负责人，曾获全国首批工程类专业学位研究生在线示范课程荣誉1项、输出印度尼西亚国际平台研究生课程荣誉2项、首届全国高校教师教学创新大赛广东分赛暨高校教师教学创新大赛省级二等奖1项、2023年度校级教学卓越奖（南光卓越教学奖、校级教学名师）、教育部教指委《“停课不停学”在线教学实践推进研究》优秀成果奖1项、广东省疫情阶段在线教学优秀案例（首批）二等奖1项、华南理工大学研究生教学优秀奖1项。主持省部级教研教改项目3项、校级教研教改项目10余项。

主持科研项目

1.“政府间国际科技创新合作”重点专项2024年度第一批项目“中国和欧洲国家联合实验室合作项目”，2024.7至2027.6；

2.国家重点研发计划食品营养与安全关键技术研发重点专项2023年度项目课题，2023.12至2027.12；

3.国家自然科学基金面上项目，2024.1至2027.12；

4.国家自然科学基金面上项目，2021.01至2024.12；

5.科技部“一带一路”创新人才交流外国专家项目，2022.01至2023.12；

6.国家重点研发计划“蓝色粮仓科技创新”重点专项项目子课题，2018.12至2022.12；

7.国家自然科学基金面上项目，2017.01至2020.12；

8.广东省基础与应用基础研究基金项目广东省自然科学基金卓越青年团队项目，2023.1至2026.12；

9.广东省省级科技计划项目国际科技合作领域粤港澳大湾区国际科技创新中心建设项目，2022.9至2024.9；

10.2022年度新疆自治区重大科技专项子课题，2023.1至2024.10；

11.广东省省级科技计划项目产学研合作领域协同创新与平台环境建设项目，2017.1至2019.12；

12.广东省重点领域研发计划2018-2019年度“食品安全”重点专项项目子课题，2019.1至2022.12；

13.广州市科技计划项目产学研协同创新重大专项民生科技研究专题项目，2016.4至2019.3；

14.广东省科技计划项目工业高新技术领域公益研究与能力建设项目，2015.1至2016.12；

15.广东省基础与应用基础研究基金项目广东省自然科学杰出青年基金项目，2013.10至2017.10；

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2.Liu, L., Liu X., Wang M., Fan Q., Li S., Qing Y., & Ren, J. (2025). Bioactive peptides from edible Bird’s nest Pivotal players in skin mechanic injury repair. Food Biosci, 65:105995.

3.Xu, Y., Xu, T., Huang, C., Amakye, W. K., Li, K., Zhu, Y., & Ren, J. (2025). The Age-Dependent Anticancer Efficacy of Agaricus blazei Murill Polysaccharide in Colon Cancer. Mol Nutr Food Res, 69(5), e202400733.

4.Sha W., Xiao L., Tao C., Hou C., Wang Y., Liu H., & Ren, J. (2024). Evaluation of uricogenic effect of hypoxanthine and the hypoxanthine-lowering process of shrimp (Metapenaeus ensis). Food Frontiers, 6(2):1079-1087.

5.Xu, Y., Xu, T., Huang, C., Liu, L., Kwame, A. W., Zhu, Y., & Ren, J. (2024). Preventive intervention with Agaricus blazei murill polysaccharide exerts anti-tumor immune effect on intraperitoneal metastasis colorectal cancer. Int J Biol Macromol, 282(Pt 3), 136810.

6.Xu, Y., Huang, C., Xu, T., Xiang, X., Amakye, W. K., Zhao, Z., Yao, M., Zhu, Y., & Ren, J. (2024). A Water Polysaccharide-Protein Complex from Grifola frondosa Inhibit the Growth of Subcutaneous but Not Peritoneal Colon Tumor under Fasting Condition. Mol Nutr Food Res, 68(15), e2400023.

7.Wang, M., Qing, Y., Fan, Q., Li, S., Yan, T., Amakye, W. K., Xu, Y., Liu, X., & Ren, J. (2024). Identification of the Wound Healing Activity Peptidome of Edible Bird's Nest Protein Hydrolysate and the In Silico Evaluation of Its Transport and Absorption Potential in Skin. J Agric Food Chem, 72(22), 12529-12540.

8.Xu, Z., Amakye, W. K., Ren, Z., Xu, Y., Liu, W., Gong, C., Wong, C., Gao, L., Zhao, Z., Wang, M., Yan, T., Ye, Z., Zhong, J., Hou, C., Zhao, M., Qiu, C., Tan, J., Xu, X., Liu, G., Yao, M., & Ren, J. (2024). Soy Peptide Supplementation Mitigates Undernutrition through Reprogramming Hepatic Metabolism in a Novel Undernourished Non-Human Primate Model. Adv Sci, 11(29), e2306890.

9.Sha, W., Gong, C., Xiao, G., Hou, C., & Ren, J. (2024). Interaction-based screening, Monte Carlo Bayesian inference-based de novo design and in vitro verification of adenine-binding peptide. Food Chem, 448, 139076.

10.Xiang X., Tao C., & Ren, J. (2024). Protective effect of D-Cys on renal function in mice with chronic kidney disease. Food Frontiers, 5(2):558-569.

11.Tao C., Xiang X., Amakye, W. K., & Ren, J. (2023). Soy peptides ameliorate the progression of chronic kidney disease in mice via inhibition of inflammation. Food Biosci, 56:103204.

12.Yuan E., Zhou M., Liang Z., Amakye, W. K., Hou C., & Ren, J. (2023). Effect of sturgeon protein in promoting the adhesion of Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus rhamnosus. Food Biosci, 54:102863.

13.Liang M., Wang M., Zhou M., Nie S., Xu Y., Yang X., Yuan E., & Ren, J. (2023). Effect of walnut peptide-ZnO nanocomposites on the colon adhesion behavior of Lactobacillus rhamnosus LRa05. Food Frontiers, 4(4):1946-1957.

14.Liu W., Xu Z., Ren Z., Amakye, W. K., Xu Y., Gao L., Wang M., & Ren, J. (2023). Soybean derived peptide protects against an E.coli-induced sepsis in cynomolgus monkeys. Food Frontiers, 4(4):1973-1984.

15.Amakye, W. K., Huang C., Xu Z., Wang M., Guo J., Mou Y., Guo C., Yang Q., Ma F., Li S., Acheampong D.O., Nsiah-Asamoah C., Ayensu J., Agyapong N.A.F., Yuan E., Yao M., & Ren, J. (2023). Soypeptide supplementation attenuates weight loss and improves quality of life among brain cancer patients in a pilot study. Food Frontiers, 4(3):1298-1310.

16.Wang M., Xu T., Gao L., Huang C., Xu P., Gong C., Amakye, W. K., Liao L., Maojin Yao, & Ren, J. (2023). Lycium ruthenicum Murr. treatment attenuates APPSWE/PS1ΔE9 mouse model-like mitochondrial dysfunction in Slc25a46 knockout mouse model. Food Sci Hum Wellness, 12(5):1618-1625.

17.Xu Y., Nie S., Wang M., Zhao Z., Amakye, W. K., Yuan E., Yang X., & Ren, J. (2023). Walnut-derived peptide PPKNW alleviate polystyrene microparticles-induced growth inhibition of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG. Food Biosci,53:102528.

18.Gao, L., Xu, P., & Ren, J. (2023). A sensitive and economical method for simultaneous determination of D/L- amino acids profile in foods by HPLC-UV: Application in fermented and unfermented foods discrimination. Food Chem, 410, 135382.

19.Qing, Y., Xiang, X., Li, S., Wang, M., Liang, Z., & Ren, J. (2023). Integrated evaluation the antioxidant activity of epicatechin from cell dynamics. Biotechnol Prog, 39(3), e3328.

20.Tao C., Sha W., Xiao L., Amakye, W. K., Xiao G., & Ren, J. (2023). Comparative analysis of food heating techniques on purine release in beef. Int J Food Sci Tech, 58 (4):1902-1911.

21.Huang C.， Xu T.， Li Y.，& Ren, J. (2023). Mapping the effect of plant-based extracts on immune and tumor cells from a bioactive compound standpoint. Food Frontiers, 4(1):333-342.

22.Ren, Z., Xu, Z., Amakye, W. K., Liu, W., Zhao, Z., Gao, L., Wang, M., & Ren, J. (2023). Hericium erinaceus mycelium-Derived Polysaccharide Alleviates Ulcerative Colitis and Modulates Gut Microbiota in Cynomolgus Monkeys. Mol Nutr Food Res, 67(3), e2200450.

23.Amakye, W. K., Ren Z., Wang M., Yao M., & Ren, J. (2023). Pentapeptide WN5 targets the Gut microbiota in alleviating Alzheimer’s disease pathologies. Nutrition and Healthy Aging, 8(1):19-30.

24.Gao, L., Gou, N., Amakye, W. K., Wu, J., & Ren, J. (2022). Bioactivity guided isolation and identification of phenolic compounds from Citrus aurantium L. with anti-colorectal cancer cells activity by UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS. Curr Res Food Sci, 5, 2251-2260.

25.Xu, Z., Sha, W., Hou, C., Amakye, W. K., Yao, M., & Ren, J. (2022). Comparison of 3 hyperuricemia mouse models and evaluation of food-derived anti-hyperuricemia compound with spontaneous hyperuricemia mouse model. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 630, 41-49.

26.Hou, C., Sha, W., Li, Y., Yao, M., & Ren, J. (2022). A modified xanthine oxidase cell model for screening of antihyperuricemic functional compounds. Food & Funct, 13(20), 10546-10557.

27.Zhong J., & Ren, J. (2022). Structural characterization of functional peptides by extending the hybrid orbital theory. eFood, 3(4),e27.

28.Yuan, E., Zhou, M., Nie, S., & Ren, J. (2022). Interaction mechanism between ZnO nanoparticles-whey protein and its effect on toxicity in GES-1 cells. J Food Sci, 87(6), 2417-2426.

29.Hou, C., Sha, W., Xu, Z., Hu, Y., Amakye, W. K., Yao, M., & Ren, J. (2022). Culture and establishment of self-renewing human liver 3D organoids with high uric acid for screening antihyperuricemic functional compounds. Food Chem, 374, 131634.

30.Xiao, L., Sha, W., Tao, C., Hou, C., Xiao, G., & Ren, J. (2022). Effect on purine releasement of Lentinus edodes by different food processing techniques. Food Chem X, 13, 100260.

31.Hou C., Shi C., & Ren, J. (2022). Xanthine oxidase targeted model setup and its application for antihyperuricemic compounds prediction by in silico methods. eFood, 2(6):296-306.

32.Wang, M., Amakye, W. K., Gong, C., Ren, Z., Yuan, E., & Ren, J. (2022). Effect of oral and intraperitoneal administration of walnut-derived pentapeptide PW5 on cognitive impairments in APPSWE/PS1ΔE9 mice. Free Radic Biol Med, 180, 191-197.

33.Wang W., Gong C., Amakye, W. K., & Ren, J. (2021). Exploring the Mechanisms of Anti-Aβ42 Aggregation Activity of Walnut-derived Peptides using Transcriptomics and Proteomics in vitro. eFood, 2(5):247-258.

34.Yuan, E., Nie, S., Liu, L., & Ren, J. (2021). Study on the interaction of Hericium erinaceus mycelium polysaccharides and its degradation products with food additive silica nanoparticles. Food Chem X, 12, 100172.

35.Hou C., Xiao G., Amakye, W. K., Sun J., Xu Z., & Ren, J. (2021). Guidelines for purine extraction and determination in foods. Food Frontiers, 2(4):557-573.

36.Wang, M., Xu, P., Liao, L., Gao, L., Amakye, W. K., Zhang, Y., Yao, M., & Ren, J. (2021). Haematococcus Pluvialis Extends Yeast Lifespan and Improves Slc25a46 Gene Knockout-Associated Mice Phenotypic Defects. Mol Nutr Food Res, 65(24), e2100086.

37.Liu, H., Amakye, W. K., & Ren, J. (2021). Codonopsis pilosula polysaccharide in synergy with dacarbazine inhibits mouse melanoma by repolarizing M2-like tumor-associated macrophages into M1-like tumor-associated macrophages. Biomed Pharmacother, 142, 112016.

38.Yuan, E., Nie, S., Qi, C., Chang, B., & Ren, J. (2021). Effect of Scomberomorus niphonius peptide on the characteristics of resveratrol. Food Func, 12(22), 11449-11459.

39.Wang, M., Cao, J., Gong, C., Amakye, W. K., Yao, M., & Ren, J. (2021). Exploring the microbiota-Alzheimer's disease linkage using short-term antibiotic treatment followed by fecal microbiota transplantation. Brain Behav Immun, 96, 227-238.

40.Amakye, W. K., Hou C., Xie L., Lin X., Gou N., Yuan E., & Ren, J. (2021). Bioactive anti-aging agents and the identification of new anti-oxidant soybean peptides. Food Biosc, 42:101194.

41.Amakye, W. K., Yang L., Yao M., Yuan E., Ren R., & Ren, J. (2021). Skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) elastin hydrolysate-derived peptides attenuate UVA irradiation-induced cell damage in human HaCaT keratinocytes. Food Frontiers, 2(2):107-232.

42.Liu, L., Cao, J., Huang, C., Yuan, E., & Ren, J. (2021). Analysis the alteration of systemic inflammation in old and young APP/PS1 mouse. Exp Gerontol, 147, 111274.

43.Cao, J., Amakye, W. K., Qi, C., Liu, X., Ma, J., & Ren, J. (2021). Bifidobacterium Lactis Probio-M8 regulates gut microbiota to alleviate Alzheimer's disease in the APP/PS1 mouse model. Eur J Nutr, 60(7), 3757-3769.

44.Sha W., Hou C., Yuan E., Li Y., & Ren, J. (2021). Different processed milk with residual xanthine oxidase activity and risk of increasing serum uric acid level. Food Biosc, 40:100892.

45.Wang, M., Sun, X., Luo, W., Božović, S., Gong, C., & Ren, J. (2021). Characterization and analysis of antioxidant activity of walnut-derived pentapeptide PW5 via nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Food Chem, 339, 128047.

46.Gao, L., Gou, N., Yao, M., Amakye, W. K., & Ren, J. (2022). Food-derived natural compounds in the management of chronic diseases via Wnt signaling pathway. Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 62(17), 4769-4799.

47.Dai Y., Hou C., Cao J., Chang B., Qi C., Yuan E., & Ren, J. (2022). Interaction between curcumin and a peptide and their protective effects against hepatic steatosis in mice Interaction and liver protection of curcumin and peptide. Food Biosc, 39: 100817.

48.Gao, L., Wang, M., Liao, L., Gou, N., Xu, P., Ren, Z., Yao, M., Yuan, E., Yang, X., & Ren, J. (2021). A Slc25a46 Mouse Model Simulating Age-Associated Motor Deficit, Redox Imbalance, and Mitochondria Dysfunction. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 76(3), 440-447.

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50.Gao, L., Gou, N., Yuan, E., & Ren, J. (2020). Bioactivity-Oriented Purification of Polyphenols from Cinnamomum cassia Presl. with Anti-Proliferation Effects on Colorectal Cancer Cells. Plant Foods Hum Nutr, 75(4), 561-568.

51.Mid infrared light treatment attenuates cognitive decline and alters the gut microbiota community in APP/PS1 mouse model. 

52.Wang, M., Cao, J., Amakye, W. K., Gong, C., Li, Q., & Ren, J. (2020). Mid infrared light treatment attenuates cognitive decline and alters the gut microbiota community in APP/PS1 mouse model. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 523(1), 60-65.

53.Gong, C., Hou, C., Yao, M., & Ren, J. (2020). New Discoveries in Hybrid Orbitals to Characterize Molecules and Predict Biomolecular Interactions. J Chem Inf Model, 60(1), 17-21.

54.Amakye, W. K., Yao, M., & Ren, J. (2019). Healthy Diet and Risk of Dementia in Older Adults. JAMA, 322(24), 2444-2445.

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