As an Associate Professor of Food Chemistry at Monash University, I am passionate about leveraging bioprocess engineering and computational tools to develop high-value bioactive products from biological materials.

I hold a BSc in Food Science and Technology from KNUST, Ghana (2008), and a PhD in Chemical (Bioprocess) Engineering from Monash University (2014). After completing my PhD, I worked as an Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Deakin University (2015–2017), where I researched chemo-enzymatic methods for designing peptide-lipid bio-conjugates with food and pharmaceutical applications. I then joined the University of Otago as a Lecturer in Food Science, where I also earned a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education.

My research combines in silico modelling with bioprocess engineering to investigate the structures, properties, as well as the techno-functional and biological activities of food-derived compounds.

I am also interested in the nutritional and health implicaations of edible insects, a promising avenue for sustainable food innovation.

I serve on the Administrative Council of Early Career Scientists for the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) and am a ‘Recognized Doctoral Supervisor’, under the UK Council for Graduate Education's Good Supervisory Practice Framework.

Food bioactives and informatics

• Bioinformatics and in silico prediction, discovery and molecular docking assessment of bioactive compounds

Alternative proteins and indigenous foods

• Nutritional composition and health implications of edible insect proteins and other insect-derived materials
• Chemical composition and potential utility of indigenous plants

Bioprocess engineering

• Enzyme-based transformation of food molecules to improve their functional and biological properties

FSC5010 - Food Chemistry and Biochemistry

FSC5011 - Advanced Food Chemistry and Biochemistry