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Yukun received her B.S. in Food Science from Shanxi Agricultural University in China, and a Master\u2019s degree in Food Science with a minor in Statistics from NC State University. Her master\u2019s research focused on the effects of coffee consumption on cortisol changes in response to acute mental stress. 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