Philip Soladoye, Ph.D.

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Research Scientist

Value-added Meat Co-products and Food Waste Reduction

Research and/or project statements

  • Utilization of Meat Co-products
  • Innovation in Food Waste Reduction
  • Value added Meat Byproducts

Education and awards

Education:

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Food Science (Meat Science Major), 2017: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
  • Master of Science in Food Science and Technology, 2012: University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Master of Science in Food of Animal Origin, 2012: Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Technology, 2007: University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.

 

Awards:

  • Reciprocal Meat Science Conference, San Angelo, TX, USA. Graduate student research competition award (First runner up), (2016)
  • Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, (2016).
  • O. M. Elviss Post-Graduate Scholarship in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, (2015).
  • Percy Gitleman Memorial Scholarship, Canadian Meat Science Association, (2015).
  • Devolved scholarship, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, (2014, 2016).
  • Graduate Research Funding, Canadian Beef Grading Agency, (2013).
  • Graduate Student Travel Scholarship Award, International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, (2012). Montreal, Canada.
  • European Union Scholarship (Erasmus Mundus Food of Life Scholarship) (2010).
  • Graduating Student with the best final year project in the Department of Food Science and Technology, UNAAB, Nigeria (2007).
  • Graduating Student with the overall best result in General Studies, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria (2007).
  • University Senate Award for Graduating Students with First Class Grade, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria (2007).
  • Undergraduate Federal Government Merit Scholarship, Nigeria (2002).

 

 

International experience and/or work

  • Sensory Scientist (Ag), Food Processing Development Centre, Agriculture and Forestry, Government of Alberta, Leduc, Alberta, Canada.
  • Sensory Technologist, Food Processing Development Centre, Agriculture and Forestry, Government of Alberta, Leduc, Alberta, Canada.
  • Programme Coordinator (MEaTnet), Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
  • Food Safety/Quality Assurance Officer/Intern, Vantage Foods Inc., Belleville, Ontario, Canada.
  • Assistant Lecturer, Department of Food Service and Tourism, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
  • Research and Development Intern, Gallina Blanca Star, Barcelona, Spain. Research and Development Department.

Key publications

  1. Soladoye, O.P., Prieto, N., Lopez-Campos, O., Aalhus, J.L., Uttaro, B., Roberts, J.C., Larsen, I., Shand, P., Gariépy, C., Juárez, M. (2018). Potential of near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in predicting pork belly softness. Meat Science, [online] 142 1-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2018.03.025

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  2. Soladoye, O.P., Shand, P., Dugan, M.E.R., Gariépy, C., Aalhus, J.L., Estévez, M., Juárez, M. (2017). Influence of cooking methods and storage time on lipid and protein oxidation and heterocyclic aromatic amines production in bacon. Food Research International, [online] 99 660-669. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2017.06.029

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  3. Soladoye, O.P., Uttaro, B., Zawadski, S., Dugan, M.E.R., Gariépy, C., Aalhus, J.L., Shand, P., Juárez, M. (2017). Compositional and dimensional factors influencing pork belly firmness. Meat Science, [online] 129 54-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2017.02.006

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  4. Soladoye, P.O., Shand, P.J., Aalhus, J.L., Gariépy, C., Juárez, M. (2015). Review: Pork belly quality, bacon properties and recent consumer trends. Canadian Journal of Animal Science, [online] 95(3), 325-340. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/CJAS-2014-121

    2015 - View publication details