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Junli Xu is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland. Her principal research interest lies in the application of chemical imaging combined with multivariate analysis methods for characterisation of chemical composition and discovering molecular interactions. She received her Bachler degree in Food Engineering (2014), Zhejiang University, China. Her PhD thesis, completed in 2018, focused on the application of hyperspectral imaging on quality control of salmon fillets and development of some original algorithms to improve image analysis. Her ongoing research aims to apply advanced vibrational chemical imaging methods, including near-infrared imaging, Fourier transform near infrared (FTIR) imaging, dark-field microscopy combined with hyperspectral imaging (HSI), Raman imaging, to understand the role of water in key processes of biocompatibility and biofouling.