Jiyoon Yi
Contact Information
Email:
yijiyoon@msu.edu
Assistant Professor
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Biography
Dr. Jiyoon Yi’s research program focuses on developing biologically contextualized AI models to forecast microbial behavior in complex food and biosystems. Her interdisciplinary team integrates wet lab experiments with computational modeling to improve pathogen detection, characterize soil microbiome interactions, and predict microbial responses under dynamic conditions.
She teaches Heat and Mass Transfer in Biosystems (undergraduate core) and Machine Learning for Biosystems (graduate). She also mentors BE Senior Design teams working with food industry partners and advises the Michigan chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Honor Society.
Education
- Ph.D. Food Science, University of California, Davis 2021
- M.S. Food Science and Technology, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea, 2016
- B.S. Mathematics, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea, 2014
- B.S. Food Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea, 2014
