The Head of IITA Abuja Station and BASICS Project Manager, Professor Lateef Sanni, has been inducted as a Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST). He was awarded the distinguished fellowship at the 21st World Congress of Food Science and Technology on 2 November in Singapore.
A former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development) of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Sanni was among the 13th class of outstanding food scientists and technologists inducted as new Fellows of IAFoST. He was recognized as the second-best researcher in FUNAAB and the 43rd-best researcher in Nigeria with 2023 AD Scientific Rankings of 5,193, h-index of 37, publication of 122 journal articles, 30 books, 30 conference proceedings, and one patent. He also recorded the highest citation in Google Scholar (5,294, h-index of 37), Scopus (1526, h-index of 20), and Research Gate (3365, h-index of 33.15).
The celebrated Food Science and Technology professor earned a BSc from the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, in 1990. He received his MSc in 1993 and a PhD in 1999 from the Department of Food Technology at the University of Ibadan.
Prof Sanni began as an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB) in 1993 and was promoted to Professor of Food Science and Technology in 2008. He rose through the ranks and became Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development) from 2017 to 2019. He is also a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science and the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology, among others.
He won the 2008 CGIAR Award for Regional Technology Development in sub-Saharan Africa. He received the FUNAAB Research Productivity Award (Senior Academic Category) in January 2011 and Most Outstanding International Ambassador in January 2012.
Amongst those in attendance were his teachers and mentors, Prof Olugbenga Ogunmoyela (retired from Bells University), Prof Charles Aworh (retired from UI), and Prof Folake Henshaw (FUNAAB).
Prof Sanni was the only Fellow from an African institution among 27 scientists from 20 countries who were honored at the event.
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