Yawei worked as an undergraduate research assistant in Dr. Stasiewicz’s lab in Spring 2019. She helped with the literature review to collect useful information for developing QMRA for share tables in the school cafeteria. She also helped with mycotoxin detection in wheat kernels.

She is now a M.S student in food safety at Michigan State University, working on microbial assessment during wheat tempering and determine the effectiveness of heat pasteurization during processing.