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Tianming Yao

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1994

Publications

146

Citations

5,079

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

33

Publishing since 1994

Research summary
AI-generated

This researcher's work centers on how dietary carbohydrates and fibers (like starches, arabinoxylan, and inulin) interact with gut microbiota to influence digestion, metabolism, and health outcomes such as inflammation and bone development in infants. The publication record also includes some structurally unrelated topics, such as amyloid-beta biosensing, tau protein aggregation in Alzheimer's disease, food packaging materials, and a few papers on unrelated clinical or social science topics, suggesting either a broad collaborative network or a name that overlaps with other authors in the indexed data. Prospective students should note the mixed nature of this record when evaluating fit with a specific research focus.

Gut microbiota and dietary fiberCarbohydrate and starch structure-functionFood science and biomacromoleculesMicrobiome-metabolism-health interactionsProtein aggregation and biosensing (Alzheimer's-related)

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade without a clear steady growth or decline, with recent years (2023-2025) showing a moderate and somewhat variable output of roughly 7-13 papers annually.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.4/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 6 publications182019: 12 publications192020: 10 publications202021: 11 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 13 publications13232024: 7 publications242025: 10 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×5
  • Carbohydrate Polymers×4
  • Nanoscale×3
  • Journal of Cereal Science×2
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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