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Distinguished Professor and Eveleigh-Fenton Chair of Applied Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology · Food Science
Liping Zhao is a Distinguished Professor in Rutgers’ Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology whose research examines how diet and gut microbiota relate to metabolic health. He teaches Microbiomes and Health, which covers microbiome ecology, research methods, and nutritional modulation of the gut microbiome.
Teaching snapshot
Teaching effectiveness
35 course evaluations
▼ 0.58 vs department (4.40)
Courses taught
3
680:475, 400:702
Teaching Fall 2026
1 course
Microbiomes and Health
Course evaluations
35
Course quality 3.96 / 5
Research
3 areas
Has undergraduate research ties
From Rutgers course evaluations (SIRS). The marker on each bar shows the department average.
35 evaluations
35 evaluations
3 courses in the Rutgers schedule, first seen Fall 2026.
Microbiology
6 offerings evaluated
Based on Spring; syllabus posted 2025-01
What they work on, and where undergraduates can get involved.
Undergraduate research
Recent work
Education and career, from official sources.
Public student discussion, summarized. Read it alongside the evaluations above.
Difficulty 5.0 / 5 · 50% would take again. This match uses the name alone, so it may describe someone else with the same name.
Summaries are written by Scarlet Sync from the sources above and checked by an independent review before they appear here.
Distinguished Professor and Eveleigh-Fenton Chair of Applied Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology · Food Science
Liping Zhao is a Distinguished Professor in Rutgers’ Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology whose research examines how diet and gut microbiota relate to metabolic health. He teaches Microbiomes and Health, which covers microbiome ecology, research methods, and nutritional modulation of the gut microbiome.
Teaching snapshot
Teaching effectiveness
35 course evaluations
▼ 0.58 vs department (4.40)
Courses taught
3
680:475, 400:702
Teaching Fall 2026
1 course
Microbiomes and Health
Course evaluations
35
Course quality 3.96 / 5
Research
3 areas
Has undergraduate research ties
From Rutgers course evaluations (SIRS). The marker on each bar shows the department average.
35 evaluations
35 evaluations
3 courses in the Rutgers schedule, first seen Fall 2026.
Microbiology
6 offerings evaluated
Based on Spring; syllabus posted 2025-01
What they work on, and where undergraduates can get involved.
Undergraduate research
Recent work
Education and career, from official sources.
Public student discussion, summarized. Read it alongside the evaluations above.
Difficulty 5.0 / 5 · 50% would take again. This match uses the name alone, so it may describe someone else with the same name.
Summaries are written by Scarlet Sync from the sources above and checked by an independent review before they appear here.