Oluwafemi Ayodeji Adebo

Prof. Oluwafemi Adebo is with the Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa. He leads the Food Innovation Research Group and involved with research geared towards the improvement of various traditional food processes, enhancing food health promoting constituents, food product development and value addition to underutilized food sources using conventional, novel and innovative approaches. He has contributed to over 100 journal articles...See more

Prof. Oluwafemi Adebo is with the Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa. He leads the Food Innovation Research Group and involved with research geared towards the improvement of various traditional food processes, enhancing food health promoting constituents, food product development and value addition to underutilized food sources using conventional, novel and innovative approaches. He has contributed to over 100 journal articles and book chapters, several invited talks and keynote presentations and has a provisionally approved patent. He has received different grants and won prestigious awards including the 2019 Institute of Food Technologists Emerging Leader Award, 2021 National Research Foundation Emerging Researcher of the Year, 2021 UJ's Vice Chancellor's Distinguished Award as an Outstanding Young Researcher and UJ's Faculty of Science Top Research Award (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Category) twice. He is a Young Affiliate of The World Academy of Sciences and a regular volunteer for activities that promote food science and technology. See less