Journal of Food Processing & Technology

Adesoji Matthew Olaniyan

Biography

OLANIYAN, Adesoji Matthew graduated with B.Eng, M.Eng and PhD in Agricultural Engineering from University of Ilorin, Nigeria in 1991, 1998 and 2006 respectively. Since 1998, he has been working on techniques, processes and equipment for processing agricultural and bio-resources products to food, fibre and industrial raw materials. Dr. Olaniyan’s principal area of research is on Bio-resources Processing and Food Process Engineering, where he has carried out a number of projects and published a number of papers in local and international journals. He joined the service of the University of Ilorin in 1998 as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and rose to the position of a Senior Lecturer in 2009. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Department of Agricultural and Bio-resources Engineering, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria. Dr. Olaniyan has bagged several awards including the Award for the Best Paper (2007) in the Journal of Food Science and Technology, Mysore, India; Chinese Government Sponsorship (2008) for International Training Programme in Protected Agriculture at International Exchange Centre, Yangling, China; Netherlands Fellowship Programme (2009) for International Training programme in Milk Processing at Practical Training Centre, Onkerk, the Netherlands; and Postdoctoral Fellowship (2011) of the Academy of Sciences of Developing Countries.

Research Interest

 agriculture,crop breeding .plant breeding.