Dr. Yan possesses four degrees including a Ph. D. in Polymer Chemistry & Physics, and a recently completed B.S. in Nutrition. She is a Principal Scientist at Beverage Applications, PepsiCo Global R&D, and equipped with 20+ years of technical expertise in active ingredient delivery across Food, Beverage, Biomedicine and Nutrition in both industry and academia. She has authored 30+ articles in scientific journals and 2 book chapters; and filed 6 patents and commercialized 2 of them that have been generating $20+ million annual revenue since 2008. She has been serving as a reviewer for 5+ top-ranked scientific journals on Food Science & Biotechnologies; as well as an editor for Journal of Bio Accent.