Principal Investigator
Dr. Ebenezer Miezah Kwofie is an assistant professor of food systems sustainability and resilience at the College of Engineering. He holds a joint appointment at the Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and the Food Science Department (Bumper College). He earned his BSc in Chemical Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, an MSc in Industrial Engineering (Specialization in Quality and Environmental Management) at the University of Borås (Högskolan i Borås) in Sweden, and his PhD in Bioresource Engineering at the Macdonald campus of McGill University, Canada. Prior to joining the University of Arkansas, he was a Research Associate at the Food and Bioprocess Research lab at Bioresource Engineering Department, McGill University, where he also served as manager for International Food Systems Development projects, working in developing countries including Zambia, Malawi, Ethiopia, Bolivia, and Honduras. These projects were focused on enhancing food systems sustainability and strengthening capacity of stakeholders (farmers, farmer cooperatives, small-scale food enterprises, Non-governmental Organizations, local government departments). He also worked with International NGOs including Bioversity International, WorldFish, SelfHelp Africa, Swisscontact, as well as the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Publications: