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    The Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic

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      Prof.  Foluso Olutope Adetuyi
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      B.Tech Biochemistry, M.Tech Food Storage Technology (Akure), PhD Storage Technology (Benin)

    Prof. Foluso Olutope Adetuyi currently a professor of food and post-harvest biochemistry. His first degree was on biochemistry while the postgraduate studies MTech and PhD was on food storage technology. His areas of specialization are in food and postharvest biochemistry, phytochemicals and diabetic studies.

    His general research interest is in the quantification of nutritional, antinutritional and antioxidative properties of fruits and vegetables as affected by postharvest treatment methods. Also the use of food nutrients to mitigate against diabetes.
    He has worked extensively on the postharvest storage of okra and has successfully published more than 70 articles in reputable international journals.

    Currently he is working on the enhancement of functional properties of herbs using UV-C as a postharvest treatment. Production of functional juice from okra extracts and orange juice to mitigate against diabetes.
    He successfully organised the first annual conference of the Faculty of Science as the chairman organising committee and currently the editor in chief of COAST a journal of the school of Science Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology.

    He is a member of Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology, Nutrition Society of Nigeria and Nigeria Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He is listed in Top 500 authors of Food Science, by Scholarly Output in Nigeria over the period 2014 to 2019.

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