Yizhou Ma (马逸舟)
Assistant professor at Wageningen University
Digitalization & Automation in Food Science at WUR. My professional and personal pursuits are built upon global responsibility, data-driven research, and sustainable system design. In my research, I work on lab automation of solid food testing, agentic food formulation, and structural representation of food materials.
Selected Projects
View all →Predicting Food Protein Hydrolysis Kinetics
Combining high-resolution peptide analytics and AI modeling to predict peptide release kinetics during food protein digestion.
Podcast: Food in the Hood
A place where food meets science, culture, innovation, and society. A podcast exploring food through scientific, technological, cultural, and social lenses with hosts Amanda Sia and Yizhou (Ben) Ma.
AI for Food Science: The Landscape in 2025
A perspective on how modern AI models address food at molecular, product, and material scales, and where major gaps remain.