Profiles
Featured in this issue
Prof. Eddy Owaga
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Prof. Eddy Owaga is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Food Bioresources Technology, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT). Eddy also serves as Director, Coffee Technology Centre (DeKUT). Eddy’s career objective is to become an established scholar and researcher in food value addition and public health nutrition towards mitigation of food and nutrition insecurity in Kenya and beyond. His research and consultancy interests include: value addition of neglected and underutilized indigenous food resources towards dietary diversification and income generation; Functional foods; Novel food applications of food processing by-products; Public health nutrition; Food Safety and Quality Assurance; Climate change and climate smart approaches.
Eddy has published 40 peer reviewed publications, one book chapter, one utility model on coffee flavoured yoghurt, and participated in 11 international conferences. In 2022, Eddy was ranked among Kenya Top 1000 Scientists as per the Alper - Doger Scientific Index. Eddy has successfully obtained six research or project-related grants from various agencies including: NRF/ British Council (Newton Utafiti), DAAD, ASCI- Italian Development Agency, GIZ- Coffee Innovation Fund, South Face Organization/Incapto (Spain), and EAC-KfW Scholarship fund.
Eddy is a peer reviewer for two international journals including AJFAND, and National Research Fund (NRF-Kenya). He is a member of Kenya Institute of Food Science and Technologists (KIFST) and Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC). Besides academics, Eddy has worked in the food industry for over 10 years at both middle and top management levels. Eddy holds a PhD degree in Nutrition and Health Sciences from Taipei Medical University (Taiwan), both MSc and BSc degrees in Food Science and Technology from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).
Work email: eddy.owaga@dkut.ac.ke
Private email:eowaga@yahoo.co.uk
We are happy to carry Dr Owaga’s brief bio here at this time to celebrate his recent rise to the level of Associate Professor. He has been long associated with AJFAND as a reviewer. Congratulations, Dr Owaga and all the best. We are proud of you.
Editor-in-Chief, AJFAND
