Educational Qualifications
2003 ─ 2007 Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Bachelor
2007 ─ 2009 Food Science, Ocean University of China, MSc
2009 ─ 2012 Bioengineering, Ghent University, Belgium, PhD

Work Experience
2011 –2011 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA, Visiting Scholar
2013 – 2018 Ghent University, Belgium, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2014 -2014 Nantes University, France, Visiting Scholar
2018 ─ Present National University of Singapore, Singapore, Assistant Professor

Research Interests   
Detection and mitigation of foodborne viruses.
Microbial safety of urban-agriculture systems.
Sustainable antimicrobial strategies to enhance food safety and quality.

Representative Publications 

[1] Yuyun Lu, Xingyi Wang, Haoliang Pu, Yi Lin, Dan Li, Shao-Quan Liu, Dejian Huang. 2020. Moringin and its structural analogues as slow H2S donors, their mechanisms and bioactivity. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
[2] Dan Li, Mitchie Zhao, Malcolm Tan. 2020. What makes a foodborne virus: comparing coronaviruses with human noroviruses. Current Opinion in Food Science. 42: 1-7. 
[3] Mitchie Zhao, Dan Li. 2020. Discovery of Components Acting as the Obstacles in the Detection of Enteric Viruses from Berries. Food and Environmental Virology. 12(2):191-197. 
[4] Dan Li, Chun Hong Wong, Mei Fang Seet and Nicole Kuan. 2019. Isolation, characterization and inactivation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia from leafy green vegetables and urban agriculture systems. Frontiers in Microbiology. Volume 10, Article 2718. 
[5] Dan Li, Mieke Uyttendaele. 2018. Potential of human norovirus surrogates and Salmonella enterica contamination of pre-harvest basil (Ocimum basilicum) via leaf surface and plant substrate. Frontiers in Microbiology. Volume 9, Article 1728. 
[6] Dan Li, Sophie Butot, Sophie Zuber, PROFEL, Mieke Uyttendaele. 2018. Monitoring of foodborne viruses in berries and considerations on the use of RT-PCR methods in surveillance. Food Control, 89: 235-240. 
[7] Zijin Zhou, Sophie Zuber, Frédérique Cantergiani, Sophie Butot, Dan Li, Thomas Stroheker, Frank Devlieghere, Anthony Lima, Umberto Piantini, Mieke Uyttendaele. 2017. Inactivation of viruses and bacteria on strawberries using a levulinic acid plus sodium dodecyl sulfate based sanitizer, taking sensorial and chemical food safety aspects into account. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 257: 176-182. 
[8] Siméon Bourdoux, Dan Li, Andreja Rajkovic, Frank Devlieghere, Mieke Uyttendaele. 2016. Performance of Drying Technologies to Ensure Microbial Safety of Dried Fruits and Vegetables. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 15(16): 1056-1066. 
[9] Dan Li, Adrien Breiman, Jacques le Pendu, Mieke Uyttendaele. 2016. Anti-viral effect of Bifidobacterium adolescentis against Noroviruses. Frontiers in Microbiology. Volume 7, Article 864. 
[10] Dan Li, Ann De Keuckelaere, Mieke Uyttendaele. 2015. Fate of food borne viruses in the “farm to fork” chain of fresh produce. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 14(6): 755-770. 

Book Chapters
1. Dan Li, Ann De Keuckelaere, Mieke Uyttendaele. Chapter 14: Impact of food unit operations on virus loads in foods. Quantitative Microbiology in Food Processing - Modeling the Microbial Ecology (Eds. De Souza Sant’Ana, Anderson). 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp 263-281.
2. Dan Li. 3.5 Food-borne viruses. Microbiological Guidelines. Support for Interpretation of Microbiological Test Results of Foods. (Ed. Mieke Uyttendaele). 2018 die Keure Professional Publishing. pp 70-82.

NUS Webpage

https://www.fst.nus.edu.sg/our_people/faculty-members/li-dan/