Food scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have used machine learning to sift through over 2,300 scent molecules from aromatic plants and identify compounds with sleep-promoting potential, an approach that could accelerate the discovery of natural sleep aids.
On 16 June, the FoodAI Group had the pleasure of hosting the team of Dr Teerapon Tanomsakyut, Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer of Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, together with representatives from the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB).
On 12 June 2026, FoodAI Group was invited by the National Library Board (NLB) of Singapore to deliver a public lecture titled “How AI is Decoding Food: From Molecules to Taste” at the National Library.
Dr. Dachuan Zhang has been invited to serve as an Associate Editor for Nutrition & Metabolism, an well-established international journal published by Springer Nature.
Dr. Dachuan Zhang has been invited to deliver a talk at the international thematic discussion titled “Integrating Technology, Digital Innovation, and AI for Inclusive and Youth-Driven Agrifood Systems Transformation.”
The FoodAI Group member Yi Zhang Lee has been awarded Third Place at the 6th Global Food Maker Award - Panpan Cup for the project entitled “PeptideAI – An AI-Driven Platform for Multifunctional Bioactive Peptide Screening and Development.”
The FoodAI Group members Zhi En Low and Ryan Yow continue to contribute to Singapore’s growing FoodAI ecosystem through participation in interdisciplinary workshops and industry-facing educational activities.
Prof. Eric Chan and Dr. Dachuan Zhang have been awarded the prestigious Grantham Foundation Detox Award for their project titled “A Next-Generation Predictive Framework for Toxin Risk Assessment and Detoxification in Food and Human Health.”
An invited commentary article offers a timely perspective on the emerging field of Food Informatics, helping clarify its definition, scope, and relationship to adjacent research areas.
Dachuan Zhang served as co-chair of the 92nd LCA Discussion Forum (DF) titled “AI in LCA: Innovations, Applications, and Challenges”, held on 26 February 2026 at the Empa Akademie in Dübendorf, Switzerland.
On February 24, the FoodAI Group was invited by Prof. Yizhou Ma to visit Wageningen University & Research.
A collaborative review by our research group and colleagues from Shanghai Institute of Technology has been published in npj Science of Food. The article surveys recent advances in applying machine learning to food science and introduces a conceptual framework describing three layers of food complex…
Our new perspective on Food Chemistry provides a practical guide for food scientists to design, build, and deploy artificial intelligence (AI) models.
Dr. Dachuan Zhang was invited as one of 20 global experts to participate in the Meat Biomimicry Research Summit, hosted by the Good Food Institute (GFI). The event was held from November 5–7, 2025, at the Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein - NC State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
The FoodAI Group actively participated in the Singapore Food Toxicology Conference and Workshop 2025, organized by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and the Singapore Food Toxicology Network (SFTN). The event brought together experts from academia, government, and industry to discuss the latest advan…
Dr. Dachuan Zhang has been appointed as an Associate Editor of npj Science of Food (Springer Nature, JCR Q1, IF 7.8).
Together with UCD, ETH Zurich, Harvard Medical School, and IUFoST, we publish a perspective titled “Domain knowledge, just evaluation, and robust data standards are required to advance AI in food science”, which highlights the urgent need for stronger foundations in applying artificial intelligence…
Together with researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, we have harnessed AI to discover new genes that could help protect wheat from toxin-producing fungus. The results have been recently published in the Journal of Advanced Research (IF 13, acceptance rate 5%).
A new science communication article by our team addresses the widespread misconceptions surrounding food additives. Through historical context, scientific evidence, and regulatory insights, the authors clarify what food additives are, how they are assessed for safety, and why they are essential to …
The team led by Jingzhi Zhang, a Master's student co-supervised by Dr. Dachuan Zhang and Dr. Xingran Kou, has won First Prize at the prestigious 5th Food Formulation Innovation SHOW · Panpan Foods Cup, for their project titled “Foodmole-Aroma: An AI-Powered System for Food Aroma Design and Formulat…
Dr. Dominic Agyei and Dr. Dachuan Zhang have been appointed Guest Editors of Future Foods (Elsevier, JCR Q1), a premier journal advancing research on sustainable and innovative food systems. They will oversee the special issue titled “Food Informatics, Artificial Intelligence, and Large Language Mo…
Dr. Dachuan Zhang attended the DigSustain2 Workshop on behalf of IUFoST, joining international experts in Delitzsch, Germany, to discuss the long-term sustainability of digital standards for chemical data and foster future global collaboration.
Our cooperation work published in Science Advances introduces a sustainable strategy for bioplastic production using unprocessed biological waste. By coassembling waste cotton fibers and pollen, researchers have created a strong, water-processable bioplastic without toxic chemicals or heavy machine…
Yuanxin Deng and Dachuan Zhang are the first postdoctoral researchers to receive an Irving S. Sigal Mobility Award for Postdoctoral Researchers. The award aims to recognize and support international postdoctoral scholars by helping them attend and present an abstract at the ACS fall national meetin…
Dr. Dachuan Zhang recently delivered a talk at the 6th ICFSN Symposium on Food Nutrition and Health, held in Chengdu, China. During the conference, Dr. Zhang was also appointed as an Associate Editor of Food Safety and Health (Wiley), a journal covering a broad range of research in food safety and …
Dr. Dachuan Zhang has been invited to join the editorial board of the Journal of Food Science (JFS), a leading journal in the field. This five-year appointment recognizes his contributions to artificial intelligence (AI) in food science and its applications in food safety, nutrition, and sustainabi…
Dr. Dachuan Zhang has been honored with the IUFoST Young Scientist Award at the 22nd World Congress of Food Science and Technology, held in Rimini, Italy. This prestigious award, presented by the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST), recognizes outstanding early-career scient…