Prof. Jocob K. Agbenorhevi

Prof. Jocob K. Agbenorhevi

Cognate Rep., Dept. of Food Science & Tech., CoS

Prof. Agbenorhevi holds a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Biochemistry from KNUST (2006), an M.Sc. degree in Nutrition and Food Sciences (2008), and a PhD in Food Science (2012) from the University of Huddersfield, UK. He was awarded the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship for his Master's degree (2007-2008) and the PhD Scholarship Award (2009-2011) at the University of Huddersfield. Upon completing his Master's and Doctorate degrees at the University of Huddersfield, UK, he returned to join the Department in August 2012. It has been a wonderful experience at the alma mater, where he previously served as a Teaching and Research Assistant (under the National Service Scheme) in the Department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology and the Department of Food Science & Technology for a year, August 2006-August 2007. He served as the Coordinator for the third-year students’ Industrial Internship/Placement (2013-2016), Coordinator for the Postgraduate Programmes (2013-2018), Departmental and College Web Content Manager (2015-2022),  Departmental Exams Officer (2018-2023), Professorial Representative of the Faculty of Biosciences on the College Board - College of Science, KNUST (2022-2024) and the Chairman of the College of Science Media and Web Committee (2019-2025). He is Cognate Representative of the College of Science on the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) Board (Oct. 2024-Date). Prof. Agbenorhevi is currently the Head of the Department of Food Science and Technology.