Emeka Nnaji

RESUME: Chukwuemeka Ogbogu NNAJI Full Name: Address: Chukwuemeka Ogbogu NNAJI bd PRES Pot 203 ave AV NANDO P203 rue, Rue Ehouman I Lot 282qt Abraham Port-Bouet Poteau 203, Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire. Email:-Phone: - (Direct calls); - (whatsapp calls); Languages: English, French, Igbo (Nigerian) and Twi (Ghanaian) Nationality: Nigerian Date of Birth: 7th June, 1987 EDUCATION June 2011 Agricultural Policy Analysis Programme at Agricultural Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin, Nigeria June 2011 Agricultural Project Planning and Implementation Programme at ARMTI, Ilorin, Nigeria 2008 BSc. Food Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana EMPLOYMENT HISTORY March 2016 – Date Entrepreneur – I aggregate and process agricultural commodities from farmers in Ivory Coast and Ghana, to sell to processing companies and international commodity buying companies. August 2015 – March 2016 Production Manager and Product Development Specialist, Quama Food Processing Company, Kumasi, Ghana. I managed Research for Product Development, Quality control and Daily yoghurt Production. June 2014 – June 2015 Programme Coordinator, African Food Security and Agricultural Initiatives (AFSAI), Abuja, Nigeria, a nongovernmental organisation that majors on Information dissemination, capacity development and food globalisation. Oct 2012 – Feb 2013 Production Supervisor and Product Development Specialist, Quama Food Processing Company, Kumasi, Ghana. Curriculum Vitae – Chukwuemeka O. Nnaji 2021 Jul– Oct 2011 Research assistant to the Programs Manager, Product Development Research Coordinator, and the Coordinator for Technical Research Program, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN). April – June 2011 Research assistant to the Country Coordinator, United Kingdom Department for International Development Research into Use (RIU) Nigeria Programme. May 2011 Editor, Write Shop organized by RIU Nigeria and Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Theme: RIU facilitated institutional change and innovation in selected value chains in Nigeria. Jul 2010 – Feb2011 Acting Secretary, Nigerian Institution of Food Science and Technology (NIFST), Abuja Chapter. July – Aug 2010 Secretary, Abuja Sub-Local Organising Committee for West African Association of Food Science and Technology (WAAFoST) 1st International Congress and Scientific Meeting. April 2010 – Feb 2011 Assistant to the Deputy Director, Agricultural Council of Nigeria (Head of the Post Department). I assisted in conferences/workshops preparation and scientific writing and other assignments. Aug 08 –Dec 2009 Research and Teaching Assistant, Food Science and Technology Department, KNUST, Kumasi – Ghana. I supervised and coordinated experiments for undergraduate practical classes; provided technical and intellectual assistance to undergraduate and postgraduate students in their course works, theses and research; assisted in the assessment of students; served as instrumentation laboratory attendant and also assisted my lecturers and professors in research. Dec 2006 – Mar 2007 Research assistant on the project ‘Development and Promotion of New and Diverse Food Products from Underutilized Crops’, Case study - Development of Couscous from Water yam (Discorea Alata). June– Aug 2007 Research assistant on the project ‘Development and Research Harvest research, logistics, 2 Curriculum Vitae – Chukwuemeka O. Nnaji 2021 Promotion of New and Diverse Food Products from Underutilized Crops’, Case study – Bread fruit (Treculia Africana) June 2006 Internship with the Food and Drugs Board, Kumasi, Ghana. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Sept 2014 Member of committee (NIFST) for 2015 Workshop for Bakeries in Abuja, Nigeria. Sept 2014 Represented NIFST at the 3rd Quarter National Codex Committee (NCC) Meeting. The NCC is a group instrumental in the administration of food quality in Nigeria and the coordination of national food standards based on international food standards put together by the Codex Alimentarius, a joint WHO/FAO program. Feb 2011 Conducted and Published an Interview with the Director General of the Nigerian Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), for the 2011 issue of the Food Forum Magazine (A publication of NIFST). Oct – Dec 2010 Coordinator of volunteers for an Educational Film Show and Discussion on HIV counseling and Testing, Stigmatisation, Orphans and Vulnerable Children, People Affected By AIDS, and Peer pressure in relation to AIDS. The programme was held at Anglican Girls’ Grammar School, Apo District, Abuja on 9th December, 2010 (Supported by Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria). Jul 2010 Coordinator of volunteers for a Talk Show for Peer Educators Held On 15th July, 2010 at Anglican Girls’ Grammar School (AGGS), Gudu District, Apo, Abuja. Theme: Goals and Goal Setting, Values and Value Clarification and Self Esteem (Supported by AGGS and Grand Square). June 2010 – Feb.2011 Voluntary Community Development Service as Peer Educator Trainer (PET) teaching Reproductive Health, HIV and AIDS Prevention, Life Building Skills and Peer Mentoring at AGGS, Abuja (Graduated 109 students). June 2010 – Feb 2011 Leader of National Youth Service Corps, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN). 3 Curriculum Vitae – Chukwuemeka O. Nnaji 2021 Aug 2008 –Dec 2009 Coordinator of the Food Science and Technology Department Journal Club, KNUST, in which undergraduate students are taught to critique research articles and scientific reviews as a means of exposing them to scientific literature, critical thinking and novel research techniques. 2009 Initiated and assembled a team of experts (Ghana), who drew a proposal for an industrial research project on Value Addition to Shea Nut Cake (SNC) ‘Waste’ – Heat Treatment and Pleurotus ostreatus Fermentation Effects on Nutritional Quality of SNC as Poultry feedstuff. 2008 A one-day Community Development Service in which the MSc./MPhil Bioethics class, KNUST, visited an Agricultural Extension School at TUC, Kumasi, to educate the agricultural extension workers on Genetically Modified Organisms. 2007 Team Leader of a one-week Food Audit on KNUST campus organized by Association of Food Science and Technology Students – KNUST in collaboration with Food and Drugs Authority, Kumasi, Ghana. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS JOURNAL ARTICLES DATE 2009 TITLE E.A. Amankwah, J. Barimah, R. Acheampong, L. O. Addai and C.O. Nnaji. Effect of Fermentation and Malting on the Viscosity of Maize-soyabean Weaning Blends, Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 8 (10):-. E.A. Amankwah, J. Barimah, A.K.M. Nuamah, J.H. Oldham and C.O. Nnaji. Formulation of Weaning Food from Fermented Maize, Rice, Soybean and Fishmeal. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 8 (11):-. MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS AND SELECTED LESS FORMAL PUBLICATIONS DATE 2010 TITLE Fabiyi A.O. and Nnaji C.O. To Feed, Feed Well And Be Well under Climate Change. Hort Magazine. A publication of the Horticultural Society of Nigeria (HOTSON), 1 (8): 9-10. 4 Curriculum Vitae – Chukwuemeka O. Nnaji 2021 Chukwumalume R. C. and Nnaji C.O. Gaps in the Nigerian Fruit Processing Industry. Food Forum Magazine. A publication of the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST), 9 (1): 40 – 41. SPEECHES/ORAL PRESENTATIONS/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS DATE TITLE 2011 Nnaji C.O. and Awachie M.N. Acclimatizing Food to Climate Change: The Helping Hand of Biotechnology. Book of Abstracts of the 31st Annual Conference of the Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Pp. 95 (Oral Presentation). 2010 Oduro I., Ellis W.O., Asumeng L. and Nnaji C.O. Climate Change Challenge: The Role of Food Scientists and Technologists. Proceeding of the 34th Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology. Pp. 356 -357. 2010 Chukwumalume R.C. and Nnaji C.O. Review of the Current Status of Innovative Capacity Building in Food Science and Technology in Nigeria: The Role of the National Agricultural Research System (NARS), Proceeding of the 1st West African Association of Food Science and Technology (WAAFoST) Congress. Pp. 42 (Poster presentation). Adamu D.J.M., Abubakar A. S. and C.O. Nnaji. Sensory Evaluation And Proximate Analysis Of ‘Tuwo’ Prepared From Maize And Soyabean Flour Blends, Proceedings of the 34th Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology. 2009 Nnaji C.O., Agyei D., Appaw W.O. Ellis W.O. and Oduro I. Inhibition of Enzymatic Browning in Dioscorea alata Chips using Natural Antibrowning agents. Proceedings of the 15th Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops, Lima – Peru, 2nd -6th November. Pp.75-81. L.I. Kareem, I. Oduro, A. Ablordey, K. Obiri Danso and C. O. Nnaji Antimicrobial Property of Lemongrass Extracts on Cariogenic Streptococci spp. Book of Abstract for Ghana Science Association 26th Biennial Conference, Cape Coast, 4th -9th August. Pp. 61. E.A Amankwah, J. Barimah, R. Acheampong, L.O. Addai and C.O. Nnaji. Effect of Fermentation and Malting on the Viscosity of Maize-soyabean Weaning Blends. Paper presented at the Ghana Science Association 26th Biennial Conference, Cape Coast, 4th-9th August. Abstract was published in the Book of Abstract, Pp. 85 (Oral and poster presentation). 5 Curriculum Vitae – Chukwuemeka O. Nnaji 2021 E.A. Amankwah, J. Barimah, L. Ofe-Brobe, E. Mireku and C.O. Nnaji. The Correlation between Cut Test Parameters and Free Fatty Acid in Seeds of Theobroma cacao. Paper presented at Ghana Science Association 26th Biennial Conference, Cape Coast, 4th – 9th August. Abstract was published in the Book of Abstract, Pp. 85 (Poster presentation). I. Oduro, W.O. Appaw, C.O. Nnaji and D. Agyei. Inhibition of Browning in Water yam (Dioscorea alata) Chips using Natural Antibrowning Agents. Paper presented at Ghana Science Association 26th Biennial Conference, Cape Coast, 4th – 9th August. Abstract was published in the Book of Abstract, Pp. 64. MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION   Institute of Food Technologists, Chicago (IFT) Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST) REFEREES Dr Dahiru Adamu (FNIST, FIPAN) - Deputy Director, Post Harvest Technology, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria. Head of Department, Department of Food Science and Technology, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. National President, Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology. President, Institute of Public Analyst of Nigeria Chairman, Nigeria National Accreditation System Owner, Science and Biotechnology Consultancy and Services. Tel. - Email--- Mr Tunde Aluko Executive Director, African Food Security and Agricultural Initiatives, Abuja, Nigeria Former Director of Information Technology, Raw Materials Research and Development Council of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria. Tel.: - Email:-- 6