Dr. Lucy. M. Chove
Senior Lecturer
Department of Food Technology, Nutrition and Consumer Scienc
Sokoine university of Agriculture
Tanzania
Biography
Dr. Lucy Mlipano Chove is a graduate of the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro (BSc. Food Science and Technology (Hons), an MSc. (Distinction) in Food Technology and Nutrition from the University of Gent, Belgium and a Ph.D. from the University of Reading, UK. Lucy is currently employed as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Food Science and Technology at SUA, Morogoro in Tanzania. Besides lecturing undergraduate and postgraduate students in various courses including Dairy technology, Technology of Fruits and Vegetables, Food analysis and instrumentation, Food safety and quality assurance, she has a wide practical experience in all aspect of food processing, preservation and nutrition, sensory evaluation and product development. Lucy has also supervised many special projects and masters dissertations in various areas of Food Science and Technology. She has also participated in several outreach activities including training Small and Medium Food Processors in hygienic food handling and value addition in milk as well as fruits and vegetables. She is also involved in consultancies for various groups and organisations, the latest one being “Feasibility Study of Milk marketing in Mlandizi, Pwani, Tanzania”.
Research Interest
Food processing, preservation and nutrition, Sensory evaluation and Product development
