Dr. John Edem Kongor
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Dr. John Edem Kongor is a Food Technologist. He holds a PhD degree in Applied Biological Sciences from Gent University, Belgium; MPhil Food Science and B.Sc Nutrition and Food Science degrees from the University of Ghana. His primary research area is cocoa and chocolate processing. His research interest includes sustainable intensification of high-quality cocoa beans, postharvest (fermentation and drying) processing of cocoa, and development of chocolates using alternative ingredients and processing methods. He is also interested in postharvest processing of coffee, value addition and industrialization of roots and tubers, cereals and legumes and food packaging technology. Dr. Kongor is a recipient of the 2021 International Foundation for Science (IFS) – Basic Research Grant for Young Scientist and a Co-Principal Investigator in the research ‘Valorization of Ghana’s cocoa beans through the study of the effect of agronomical and technological factors on their polyphenols and methylxanthines contents’ funded by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) through the Programme of Scientific Cooperation for Development (i-COOP). He has carried out a number of international consultancies for international organizations such as Mondelez International and Cocoa Touton Company. He has authored and co-authored 18 publications consisting of 14 peer reviewed journal publications and 4 conference presentations with published abstracts. He also reviews for a number of international scientific journals.