Saving lives with ‘double fortified’ grains of salt: CPP food science professor earns IFT Fellowship

By Christopher Pimentel, May 12, 2026 Cal Poly Pomona food science professor Yao Olive Li originally followed in her father’s footsteps, trying to become a medical doctor, because she wanted to change the world for the better. However, she ended up dropping the idea because she said could not stand looking at skeletons and bones, and they gave her nightmares. Even though her father was…