Speaker Profile

Dr. Joe Liu, PhD, is a Principal Research Scientist within the agriculture & food business unit at CSIRO. He is the target area leader in the field of precision fermentation in the Food Program. Joe’s research interests are focused on development of novel bioprocessing technologies in precision fermentation, feedstock optimisation, processing scale-up, product commercialisation.
Joe holds a Bachelor of Biotechnology, Master of Food Microbiology. He completed his PhD in CSIRO Food Innovation Centre, where his research was primarily centered around novel processing technologies’ effects on the functional modification of dairy proteins. Prior to joining CSIRO, Joe held the position of General Manager in Probiotics Australia Pty Ltd. During his tenure, he was the key chief technical manager to design and construct the state-of-the-art TGA cGMP certified probiotics API manufacturing facilities located in the state of Queensland in Australia.