Member Profile
Membership type: full
PhD Fellowship Alumna
Adetola Omoyajowo (nee Olugbile)
Country of origin: Nigeria Currently in: Nigeria, Lagos General field of specialization: Agricultural SciencesPhD Fellowship Alumna
- Academic Background
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Degrees
2019 Doctorate Agricultural Sciences - Research and Profession
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Current Research Activities
Agricultural Sciences
My research aims to address issues related to food processing, safety, security and sustainability of indigenous African cereals. Currently, I am looking at ways of improving the utilisation of pearl, finger and fonio millet and developing value added products from them, at the same time studying the microbiota involved during the fermentation and effect of processing on the conjugated mycotoxins in these cereals.Research Keywords:cerealsmycotoxinnutritionsourdoughfermentation
Publications resulting from Research:
emba, M.C., Njobeh, P. B., Adebo, O. A., Olugbile, A. O., Kayitesi, E. (2015) The Role of Compositing Cereals with Legumes to Alleviate Protein Energy Malnutrition in Africa submitted to International Journal of Food Science and Technology.
Obadina, A. O., Fegha, G. D. and Olugbile, A. O. (2013), Effect of fermentation periods on chemical and physicochemical properties of cocoyam starch. Starch/Stärke. doi: 10.1002/star.201200246.
Olugbile A.O., Obadina A.O., Atanda O.O., and Omemu O.B. and Olatope A.A. (2013). Physico-chemical changes and diastatic activity within germinating paddy rice (Boromo), a locally grown paddy rice in Western Nigeria. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchHigher Education Study
Affiliations
University of Johannesburg - Prizes, Grants and Awards
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TWAS Awards
May 2025Other Awards
Apr 2014Visiting Ph.D. ResearcherScholarship For Visiting Ph.D. Researchers from Developing Countries, sponsored by Food Security Center of the University of Hohenheim, Germany and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany and Embrapa Food Technology, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilNov 2013FellowFood Security Center Summer School 2013, organized by the Food Security Center of the University of Hohenheim, Germany and Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Agricultural Research, Los Banos, PhilippinesJun 2011FellowInternational Center for Science and High Technology - United Nations Industrial Development Organization Fellowship Training Programme in Food Processing and Safety - Packaging Technologies and Solutions for Developing countries, undertaken at the University of Milan, Italy (Jun - Dec 2011)Apr 2010Federal ScholarFederal Government Scholarship for Studies in Nigeria Tertiary Institutions to study M.Sc. in Food Microbiology and Biotechnology at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria. - Fellowship with OWSD
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Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship awarded 2013
PHD Graduation 2019
Ph.D. research programme sponsored by Organization For Women in Science for developing Countries (OWSD) in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg South Africa
