Position

Research Project

Research Fellow

 Biochemistry Dept. (KNUST)/Food Science (McGill)/IDRC Project on Food Processing (1993 to 1996). 

Principal Investigator

 UNISPAR (UNESCO) Project on the preservation of cassava (Gum Technology) (1995).

Collaborating Scientist

NRI/NARP/Biochemistry Dept. Project on production of tomato paste at the village/small scale level – (Integrated Food Crop Systems Project, Ghana R6789) (1996 to 1999).

Collaborating Scientist

West Africa, United Nations University (UNU) Project of Collaborative Research on People, Land Management and Environmental Change (WAPLEC) (1998 to 2001).

Principal Investigator

Aflatoxin ingestion and health impacts in Ghana (2002 - 2006) – SANDEM/PEANUT CRSP, University of Georgia (funding).

Principal Investigator

 Aflatoxin ingestion and health impacts in Ghana (2006 – 2007) – SANDEM/PEANUT, University of Georgia (funding). (Principal Investigator (Ghana team)).

Principal Investigator

 Association of aflatoxin biomarker levels with health status and HIV disease (2008 – 2012) – SANDEM/PEANUT CRSP, University of Georgia (funding).

Principal Investigator

 Disease burden associated with aflatoxin biomarker levels in HIV positive people in Ghana (2008 – 2009) - 200-2008-M-27975 Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (funding).

Principal Investigator

 Use of chemoprotection in product development to improve safety and production of peanut products in Ghana (2001 to 2005). OSU/KNUST project. PEANUT CRSP, University of Georgia (funding).

Collaborating Scientist

 IFAD/WECARD/IITA project on Poverty Alleviation and Enhanced Food Availability in West Africa through Improved Yam technologies (2002 - 2006).

Collaborating Scientist

 Multidisciplinary, collaborative and transnational research project on Treculia africana (African breadfruit) (2002 – 2005) - African Academy of Sciences funding. 

Collaborating Scientist

 Developing food safety strategies and procedures through reduction of food hazards in street-vended foods to improve food security for consumers, street food vendors and input suppliers R8270 (2003 – 2004) – DfID funding.

Principal Investigator

 HIV disease progression and aflatoxin B1 biomarker levels (2010 – 2014) (NIH funding).

Mentor and Coordinator

 Training Grants with University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) as lead institution (MHIRT program) - (Grant Support): With University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the USA and other collaborating institutions, have received several training grants support from the Fogarty International Centre for the MHIRT program between the period 2000 and 2014. These grants provide funding for the research training of minority graduate students from the USA in Biomedical and Public Health related field research in countries outside USA of which Ghana is one. Served as Mentor or Coordinator for this program in Ghana.

Collaborating Scientist

 Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin control. Ghana PMIL Value Chain (2013 – 2017).

Collaborating Scientist

 Improving quality nutrition and health: Impacts of inclusion of cassava flours in bread formulations in West Africa (Ghana and Nigeria) – The Ghanaian focus. McGill-IITA project funded by IFAD (2014 – 2016).

Team leader

 Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program (MCFSP – Phase I) at KNUST (supports brilliant but financially challenged students) funded by the Mastercard Foundation, Toronto Canada (2013 – 2023).

Collaborating Scientist

 Arizona State University (ASU) – KNUST International Accelerated Degree Program (IADP) – 3+1+1 funded by Mastercard foundation, Toronto, Canada. (2017-2022).   

Team Member

 Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Phase II funded by the Mastercard Foundation, Toronto (2019 – 2029).

Collaborating Scientist

 National Agricultural Research Projects (NARP) – Vegetable Research Programme (No. 126 – Shelf life extension of tomatoes) (1996 to 1998).

Collaborating Scientist

 National Agricultural Research Projects (NARP) – Vegetable Research Programme; Environmental Impact Assessment of Agrochemical usage in vegetable growing communities in Ghana (1996 to 1998).

Principal Investigator

 National Agricultural Research Projects (NARP) – Vegetable Research Programme; Developing innovative techniques for shelf life extension of selected fruits and vegetables. (1997 to 1999).

Collaborating Scientist

 National Agricultural Research Projects (NARP) – Root and Tuber Programme; Characterization of starch and utilization of cassava flour/starch for Pasta production. (1996 to 1998).

Collaborating Scientist

 National Agricultural Research Projects (NARP) – Root and Tuber Programme; Characterization of starch from different cultivars of sweetpotato. (1997 to 1999).

Collaborating Scientist

Prospects of Sweetpotato (Ipomea batatas) varieties for industrial starch production and animal feed in Ghana. CASHPRO funded project. (1998 to 1999).

Collaborating Scientist

 TechnoServe/NRI Project on Shea butter: Processing and shelf life extension (1999 to 2000).

Collaborating Scientist

Guinness Gh. Ltd/CRI/Biochemistry Dept. Project on Screening and selection of cassava varieties as material for use as Brewing Adjunct (1999 to 2000).

Collaborating Scientist

Root and Tuber Improvement Programme (RTIP); Developing Methodology for the Minimal Processing of Yams (2000 to 2001).

Collaborating Scientist

 Root and Tuber Improvement Programme (RTIP); Developing Cassava-based Snack foods (2000 to 2002).

Principal Investigator

Root and Tuber Improvement Programme (RTIP); High Quality Cassava Flour production: Quality specifications and evaluation of varieties for flour production specific for bakery products (2000 to 2002).

Principal Investigator

 Root and Tuber Improvement Programme (RTIP); On-Farn Storage of Yam tubers (2001 to 2003).

Principal Investigator

Agriculture Services Sub-Sector Investment Project (AgSSIP); Establishing standard methodologies and quality parameters in the floriculture industry in Ghana using the HACCP concept (2002 to 2004).

Collaborating Scientist

 Agriculture Services Sub-Sector Investment Project (AgSSIP); Formulation of soilless media for houseplant production using sawdust and coconut coir (2002 to 2004).

Collaborating Scientist

 Agriculture Services Sub-Sector Investment Project (AgSSIP); Assessment of the Production and Socio-Economic Impact of Urban vegetable crops production in the Kumasi metropolis (2002 to 2003).

Collaborating Scientist

 Root and Tuber Improvement Programme (RTIP); Evaluation of the effect of harvesting time and variety of cassava on quality of starch, gari and flour (2000 to 2004).

Collaborating Scientist

 Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund (TALIF) (World Bank funded project); Carotenoid eggs from layers fed with dietary Annatto-bixin for the health conscious consumer (2005 - 2006).