MGP promotes Liming Cai to principal scientist
Liming Cai has been promoted to the role of principal scientist at MGP. His primary responsibilities include providing research, applications, and technical support to grow and enhance the company’s portfolio of specialty starches and proteins that address increased demand for clean label, health, and functional food products.
Liming Cai has been promoted to the role of principal scientist at MGP. His primary responsibilities include providing research, applications, and technical support to grow and enhance the company’s portfolio of specialty starches and proteins that address increased demand for clean label, health, and functional food products. The position also involves assisting in the development of operational process and system improvements related to ingredients production.
An accomplished food and grain science expert, Cai joined MGP in the role of applications scientist in 2013. He previously had served as a postdoctoral research associate in cereal chemistry at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash. A native of Putian, Fujian, China, Cai received a bachelor’s degree from Wuhan (China) Polytechnic University in 2004, his master’s degree in food science from South China University of Technology in 2007, and his PhD in grain science from Kansas State University in 2011. He is a member of the American Association of Cereal Chemists International and the Institute of Food Technologists.