理学博士，硕士生导师，主要从事功能食品因子及分子营养相关领域的研究工作。近年以第一作者/通讯作者身份，在Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry、Food Science and Human Wellness、Food Function等本领域国际权威期刊上发表SCI论文30余篇。主持国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目、陕西省科技计划重点项目等。
近五年代表性学术论文
1.C. Hou, H. D. Shi, J. J. Xiao, X. Y. Song, Z. T. Luo, X. Ma, L. Shi, H. L. Wei and J. K. Li, Pomegranate juice supplemented with inulin modulates gut microbiota and promotes the production of microbiota-associated metabolites in overweight/obese individuals: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2024, 72, 14663-14677. (SCI一区，Top期刊).
2. Z. T. Luo, X. Y. Song, M. T. Li, J. K. Li* and C. Hou*, Pomegranate peel polyphenols improves diet-induced obesity and promotes adipose browning development through gut microbiota in mice, Food Science and Human Wellness, 2025, 14, 9250038 (SCI一区，Top期刊).
3. X. Y. Song, Z. T. Luo, M. T. Li, J. K. Li* and C. Hou*, Pomegranate juice combined with inulin promote their mutual metabolic transformation by gut microbiota and prevent HFD-induced metabolic disorder in rats, Food Science and Human Wellness, 2025, 14, 9250138 (SCI一区，Top期刊).
4. M. T. Li, X. Y. Song, L. Shi, J. Li, M. Ahat, Y. J. Liu, C. Hou* and J. K. Li*, Beneficial effects of lacquer seed oil on bromocriptine-induced postpartum hypogalactia in rats, Food Science and Human Wellness, 2025, 14, 9250009 (SCI一区，Top期刊).
5. M. T. Li, X. Y. Song, J. Li, X. X. Chen, J. K. Li* and C. Hou*, Safety assessment of oil extracted from lacquer (Toxicodendron vernicifluum (Stokes) F.A. Barkley) seed: acute and subchronic toxicity studies in rats, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2023, 302, 115901 (SCI二区).