Professional/Teaching Experience
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
3.1: Academic Ranks Held and Subjects Taught
Date/ Period
Academic Rank
Subjects Taught
Aug. 2016 to date
Senior Lecturer
[Dept. of Food Science & Technology, KNUST – Kumasi, Ghana]
Metabolism in Health and Disease; Food Enzymology; Food Microbiology and Emerging Food Pathogens (IDL); Food Fermentation; Library Project and Seminar; Food Chemistry; Research Project and Seminar; Food Microbiology and Fermentation; Food Commodities: Systems and Technology; Basic Biochemistry for Food Scientists; Basic Food Microbiology; Basic Food Chemistry
Aug. 2011 – Jan. 2012
Visiting Scholar / Professor
[State University of New York (SUNY), Geneseo, NY, U.S.A.]
Facilitated/ taught two Fall Semester courses:
- BIOL 335-Foundations of Biochemistry (Biology Dept., SUNY) for Biology Majors & Minors
- BLKS 288-Food, Nutrition, and Health in Africa (Dept. of Africana / Black Studies, SUNY)
Sept. 2010 to Jul. 2016
Lecturer
[Dept. of Food Science & Technology, KNUST – Kumasi, Ghana]
Food Chemistry; Food Fermentation; Library Project and Seminar; Research Project and Seminar; Food Microbiology and Fermentation; Basic Biochemistry for Food Scientists; Advanced Food Chemistry; Trends in Food Science and Technology; Food Commodities: Systems and Technology; Food Biochemistry
2003 – 2005
Demonstrator / Graduate Teaching Assistantship
[Dept. of Biochemistry, and Dept. of Food Science & Technology, KNUST – Kumasi, Ghana]
Responsible for students’ laboratory sessions (Demonstrated and supervised the conduct of students’ laboratory/ practical sessions with TAs supporting with the hands-on); Provided support to students outside regularly scheduled classes and worked with them to master the material; Provided administrative and research/ supervision support and proofreading dissertations
2002 – 2003
Teaching and Research Assistant
[Dept. of Biochemistry, and Dept. of Food Science & Technology, KNUST – Kumasi, Ghana]
Handled students’ pre-lab sessions; provided hands-on guidance and students’ laboratory sessions, graded students’ lab reports, and handled assigned tutorial classes; provided administrative and research/ supervision support and proofreading dissertations
3.1.1: Courses taught in Semester ONE include:
Course Code &Title
Credit hours
Class(es)
Academic Year(s)
FST 255 Metabolism in Health and Disease
3
BSc Food Sci. & Tech. 2
2023/24 to date
FTECH 485 Food Enzymology
2
BSc Food Sci. & Tech. 4
2023/24 to date
FQM 575 Food Microbiology and Emerging Food Pathogens
5 / 3
MSc Food Quality Mgt. 1
2017/18 to date
PHT 355 Food Chemistry
2
BSc Postharvest Tech. 3
BSc Dairy & Meat Sci. 3
2015/2016
FTECH 581 Food Fermentation
3
MSc Food Sci. & Tech. 1
2014/15 to 2020/21
FTECH 591 Library Project and Seminar
2
MSc Food Sci. & Tech. 1
2014/15 - 2017/18
FTECH 585 / FST 551 Food Chemistry
3
MSc Food Sci. & Tech. 1
2012/13 to date
FTECH 483 Research Project and Seminar I
4
BSc Food Sci. & Tech. 4
2011/12 to date
FTECH 691 Research Project and Seminar
4
MPhil Food Sci. & Tech. 1 & 2
PhD Food Sci. & Tech. 1, 2, 3
2011/12 to date
FTECH 373 Food Microbiology and Fermentation
3
BSc Food Sci. & Tech. 3
2010/11 to 2018/19
FTECH 263 / FST 351 Food Chemistry
4
BSc Food Sci. & Tech. 2
2010/11 to date
3.1.2: Courses taught in Semester TWO include:
Course Code &Title
Credit hours
Class(es)
Academic Year(s)
FTECH 154 Basic Biochemistry for Food Scientists / FST 154 Introductory Biochemistry for Food Scientists
2
BSc Food Sci. & Tech. 1
2014/15 to date
FTECH 552 Advanced Food Chemistry
3
MPhil Food Sci. & Tech 1
2012/2013
FTECH 484 Research Project and Seminar II
4
BSc Food Sci. & Tech. 4
2011/12 to date
FTECH 460 Trends in Food Science and Technology
2
BSc Food Sci. & Tech. 4
2011/12 – 2013/14
FTECH 264 Food Commodities: Systems and Technology
4
BSc Food Sci. & Tech. 2
2010/11 to date
BCHEM 360 Food Biochemistry
2
BSc. Biochemistry 3
2010/11 – 2014/15
3.1.3: Course Facilitation for Certificate/ Diploma Food Manufacturing (Modular) Programme:
Course Code &Title
Credit hours
Class(es)/ Group
Period/ Year(s)
BIOL 221 Basic Food Microbiology
4
Personnel of HPW Fresh & Dry Ltd., Adeiso, Ghana
2019
FTECH 222 Basic Food Chemistry
4
Personnel of HPW Fresh & Dry Ltd., Adeiso, Ghana
2019
3.2: Educational/ Field Trips Facilitated/ Organised for Undergraduates & Postgraduates
Date
Class(es) involved
Industry/ Company Visited
July 25 & 26, 2024
BSc FST 4
Twellium Industries, Accra
Niche Cocoa, Tema
August 26 – 27, 2022
BSc FST 4
Cosmo Seafoods Company Limited, Tema
March 22, 2019
BSc FST 2
Ghana Nuts Limited (GNL), Techiman
November 19, 2014
BSc FST 3
MSc FST 1
Guinness Ghana Limited, Kumasi
March 16, 2011
MSc FST 1
Juaben Oil Mills, Juaben, Ashanti Region
October 22, 2010
BSc FST 3
Guinness Ghana Limited, Kumasi
July 14, 2010
MSc FST 1
Kumasi Abattoir Company Limited, Kumasi