Dr Mya Myintzu Hlaing

Dr Hlaing is a Research Scientist in Applied Microbiology with a focus on stabilising probiotic bacteria in composite carrier matrices for the development of functional food products. Her recent research targets the safe and effective delivery of probiotics in food-based matrices using composite carrier matrix systems to protect them from different types of environmental stress.
She has expertise in applying genomic tools, undertaking transcriptomic gene expression analyses, and in the application vibrational bio-spectroscopic and chemometric analyses for monitoring microbial response to stress during food processing. Myintzu is involved in strategic and commercial projects focused on the microencapsulation of probiotics and omega-3 fatty acids, food fermentation and value addition to food waste.