Experience

CSIR - Food Research Institute

• Ghana
• Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Research Scientist

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  1. Conduct market-oriented research in the areas of food science, food fermentation, quality assurance, food safety and value addition to food products. 2. Consultancy and advisory services 3. Refereeing of Scientific Papers in my field of expertise. 4. Involved in accreditation (ISO17025) activities. 5. Carry out food safety training for Small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs). 6. Co-supervise students research and thesis. 7. Current Projects Involved In: *Microbiota of fermenting millet in Hausa koko production: their diversity, fermentative characteristics and potential starter culture development. Funding from Global Challenges Research Fund awarded to Quadram Institute Bioscience (QIB), Norwich, UK. (PhD Studies) *Co-Principal Investigator (CSIR Component) and WP6 lead “Improving nutrition in Africa by strengthening the diversity, sustainability, resilience and connectivity of food systems” (HealthyFoodAfrica) funded by the European Union, Horizon 2020 Grant Agreement No. GA 862740. 2020 - 2024. *Principal investigator (PI) for the project; ‘Small Fish and Food Security: Towards innovative integration of fish in African food systems to improve nutrition’. (CSIR-Component), funded by EU Leap-agri. 2018-2021. *Project Team Member on the FAO-EAF-Nansen Programme; Theme 8: Nutrition and Food Safety. 2017-2021 Previous Projects Involved In: *Project team member on "Preserving African Food Microorganisms for Green Growth (GreenGrowth) funded by DANIDA" 2014-2019 *Principal investigator (PI) for Aflatoxin in fish feed: it’s implication on growth and nutritive value of farmed fish (Oreochromis niloticus) in Ghana, funded by CSIR Competitive Grant. 2017-2018 *Project team member on Cashew Apple Fruit – Adding Value for food Security, funded by MKTPLACE Agricultural Innovations -2015-2017 8. Authored and co-authored a number of peer reviewed publications, technical reports and manuals Show less