Danhui Wang, Ph.D.

Contact

dwang4@twu.edu
940-898-2709
OMB 313B

Biography

Dr. Danhui Wang is an Assistant Professor of Food Science at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. She has a strong research background in areas of food microbiology and food safety. Her dissertation research focused on the development of rapid and sensitive biosensors for pathogen detection. Her postdoc research focused on the microbial metabolomics and chemical contaminants analysis with advanced analytical instruments. Dr. Wang’s current research interests include the investigation of microbial safety of fresh produce, the development of rapid detection methods, and using biotechnology for the upcycling of food by-products.

Education

Ph.D., Food Science and Technology, Cornell University
M.S., Food Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
B.S., Food Quality and Safety, East China University of Science and Technology

Expertise

Food Safety; Food Microbiology; Biosensor; Rapid Detection; Biotechnology for upcycling of food by-products

Latest Articles

Feature impact assessment: a new score to identify relevant metabolomics features in artificial neural networks using validated labels
Metabolomics (2023)
Danhui Wang, Peyton Greenwood, Matthias S Klein

Recent advances of Raman spectroscopy for the analysis of bacteria
Analytical Science Advances (2023)
Linsey Rodriguez, Zhiyun Zhang, Danhui Wang

Investigation of the Impact of a Pesticide Adjuvant on Dimethoate Persistence, Penetration, and Stability on Apples Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
ACS Agricultural Science & Technology (2022)
Danhui Wang, Xinyi Du, Lili He

An Engineered Reporter Phage for the Fluorometric Detection of Escherichia coli in Ground Beef
Microorganisms (2021)
Anqi Chen, Danhui Wang, Sam R Nugen, Juhong Chen

A protein-free chemically defined medium for the cultivation of various microorganism with food safety significance
Journal of Applied Microbiology (2021)
Danhui Wang, Peyton Greenwood, Matthias S Klein

Quantitative age grading of mosquitoes using surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy
Analytical Science Advances (2021)
Danhui Wang, Jason Yang, Janam Pandya, John M Clark, Laura C Harrington

Deep Learning for Rapid Identification of Microbes Using Metabolomics Profiles
Metabolites (2021)
Danhui Wang, Peyton Greenwood, Matthias S Klein

Phage based electrochemical detection of Escherichia coli in drinking water using affinity reporter probes
Analyst (2019)
Danhui Wang, Troy Hinkley, Juhong Chen, Joey N Talbert, Sam R Nugen

Lyophilized engineered phages for Escherichia coli detection in food matrices
ACS Sensors (2017)
Juhong Chen, Rachael A Picard, Danhui Wang, Sam R Nugen

Electrochemical detection of Escherichia coli from aqueous samples using engineered phages
Analytical Chemistry (2017)
Danhui Wang, Juhong Chen, Sam R Nugen

Development of a novel bacteriophage based biomagnetic separation method as an aid for sensitive detection of viable Escherichia coli
Analyst (2016)
Ziyuan Wang, Danhui Wang, Juhong Chen, David A Sela, Sam R Nugen

Rapid screening of E. coli O157:H7 in water using phage-mediated magnetic separation coupled with real time PCR detection
Analytical Biological Chemistry (2016)
Ziyuan Wang, Danhui Wang, Amanda J Kinchla, David S Sela, Sam R Nugen

Rapid detection of Salmonella using a redox cycling-based electrochemical method
Food Control (2016)
Danhui Wang, Ziyuan Wang, Juhong Chen, Amanda J Kinchla, Sam R Nugen

Enzymatic digestion for improved bacteria separation from leafy green vegetables
Journal of Food Protection (2016)
Danhui Wang, Ziyuan Wang, Fei He, Amanda J Kinchla, Sam R Nugen

UV- nanoimprint lithography as a tool to develop flexible microfluidic devices for electrochemical detection
Lab on a Chip (2015)
Juhong Chen, Yiliang Zhou, Danhui Wang, Fei He, Vincent M Rotello

Recent Presentations

Engineered bacteriophage-based electrochemical detection of Escherichia coli in food samples
ACS National Meeting (2018)
Podium | Danhui Wang, Juhong Chen, Troy Hinkley, Sam R Nugen

Improvement of bacteria separation from leafy vegetables by enzymatic digestion
IAFP Annual Meeting (2017)
Podium | Danhui Wang, Ziyuan Wang, Fei He, Amanda J Kinchla, Sam R Nugen

Rapid electrochemical detection of Salmonella in agricultural water based on redox cycling
ACS National Meeting (2016)
Podium | Danhui Wang, Ziyuan Wang, Juhong Chen, Amanda J Kinchla, Sam R Nugen

Electrochemical detection of Escherichia coli in aqueous samples using and engineered bacteriophage with β-galactosidase gene
IFT Annual Meeting (2016)
Podium | Danhui Wang, Juhong Chen, Sam R Nugen

Rapid detection of Salmonella using a redox cycling-based electrochemical method
ACS National Meeting (2015)
Podium | Danhui Wang, Ziyuan Wang, Amanda J Kinchla, Sam R Nugen

Honors & Awards

• Chancellor's Research Faculty Scholars, Texas Woman's University (2023)
• Finalist at AGFD Withycombe-Charalambous Graduate Student Competition, ACS (2018)
• Travel award for the PepsiCo Journey through Science Day, PepsiCo (2017)
• Finalist at Strategic Research Alliance (SRA) Poster Competition, UMass Amherst (2016)
• Finalist at IFT Food Microbiology Division Poster Competition, IFT (2016)
• Travel award for the 1st ACS/AGFD International Student Symposium, ACS (2016)