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Jane, Jay-lin was born on March 10, 1951 in Taipei, Taiwan. Daughter of Tung Hsiang and Chih Fei Cheng. came to the United States, 1975.
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Jay-lin Jane, Chinese, American Food science educator. Achievements include patent on methods of making granular cold-water soluble starch; 5 patents on biodegradable plastics; invention of methods of making small-particle starch; understanding of granular structure of starch.
F C. Corn Refiners Association fellow, 1992, 93; DuPont Company educational aid grantee, 1994; recipient award for utilization research American Soybean Association, 1995.
Education
Bachelor of Science, National National Chung-Hsing University U., Taichung, Taiwan, 1973; Master of Science, Texas Woman's U., 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1984.
Career
Research associate, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1984-1987; professor food science, Iowa State University, Ames, since 1987.
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Membership
Member American Chemical Society (Executive Committee since 1994, Best Paper award 1991), American Association Cereal Chemists (division chair since 1996), Bio-Environmental Degradation Polymer Society (treasurer 1994-1996), Sigma Xi.
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Corn Refiners Association fellow, 1992, 93. DuPont Company educational aid grantee, 1994. Recipient award for utilization research American Soybean Association, 1995.Corn Refiners Association fellow, 1992, 93. DuPont Company educational aid grantee, 1994. Recipient award for utilization research American Soybean Association, 1995.