Dr Dominic Agyei

Biography

Dr Dominic Agyei is a lecturer in the Department of Food Science. Dominic holds a BSc degree in Food Science and Technology, from KNUST, Ghana; and a PhD in Chemical (Bioprocess) Engineering from Monash University, Australia. After his PhD, Dominic worked as an Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Deakin University, Australia. He worked on the use of enzymes in the development of peptide-lipid bio-conjugates for food and pharmaceutical applications. Dominic is now a lecturer at the Food Science Department where he is responsible for teaching and coordinating courses in Food Science and related subjects at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Dominic is passionate about research that transforms biological processes and materials into high value bioactive and nutritional products and ingredients that positively influence food quality, food functionality and human health. His research interests include the bioprocessing and engineering of food enzymes, their use in the development of functional foods and in the valorisation or treatment of food wastes. Dominic also has an interest in food safety, as well as the nutritional and health impact of indigenous foods in mitigating malnutrition and food insecurity. Dominic is keen on collaborating with individual researchers and industry partners on enzyme-based development of high value bioactive and nutritional food products and ingredients.

Research Interest

Enzyme-based transformation of food molecules (proteins, lipids, carbohydrates) to improve their functional, biological and physicochemical properties Design of bioprocesses for the extraction and purification of bioactive compounds Use of enzymes for the valorisation and treatment of food wastes Role of indigenous foods in mitigating malnutrition and food insecurity Assessment of food safety knowledge and practices in educational institutions in Ghana (done in partnership with collaborators in Ghana)