Ayojesutomi Abiodun-Solanke

Ayojesutomi
Abiodun-Solanke

Lecturer and Researcher
Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Victoria Island. Lagos
Email 
tomi.solanke [at] fcfmt.edu.ng
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Biography

AyoJesutomi Abiodun-Solanke hopes to change the face of research by contributing immensely to the achievement of a happy, safe, sustainable and fish food secured continent through resource management, value addition and building capacities. She loves challenges and thinking through these. Her primary area of interest is fish safety and utilisation. She lectures at the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Victoria Island. Lagos. She coordinates a local chapter of an international conservation organisation, Mundus Maris-Science and Arts for Sustainability that improves awareness on safe ocean resources while empowering marginalized fisherfolks communities on sustainability and healthy living. She is working on developing safe and quality smoked fish products by quality control assurance of the habitats and fish itself. She believes in the use of traditional and available preservation and packaging options which supports healthy alternatives. She belongs to many professional bodies such as International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET), Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), International Association of Food Protection (IAFP), Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON), Society of Environmental Toxicologists and Chemists (SETAC) and the African Transdisciplinary Network. She is a fellow of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development. She is the General Secretary of Nigerian Women in Agricultural Research for Development (NiWARD https://niward.org/niward_directory) and African Women Fish Processors Network (Awfishnet). She is also the communication director of African Continental Association of Food Protection. She has won several travel grants to present some of her innovations in international forums. She has also won several research grants such as International Federation of Science (IFS) in 2019 (http://www.ifs.se/IFS/Documents/Publications/Annual%20reports/IFS_AnnualReport_2019_WEB.pdf) and a collaborative research grant on GenderedSTEAM Design projects https://twitter.com/GenDesignSTEAM/status/1311286264163979265?s=20) with some colleagues at Lagos State University on fish drying. She is very passionate about achieving fish food safety and security in Africa. She can be reached on +2348036749649 and tomi.solanke@fcfmt.edu.ng/ayojesutomi2002@yahoo.com. To know more about her researches, please check the following links. https://spark.adobe.com/page/Sf7ygBFURVD28/?w=2_7442, https://www.owsd.net/sites/default/files/Responding%20to%20COVID-19_Women%20scientists%20from%20developing%20countries%20tell%20their%20stories_2.pdf

Research interests

My research interests include:  Food safety and utilisation, Alternative and new food development, Traditional practices/processing improvement, Quality Control, Use of traditional vaccines, herbs and plant materials, storage and shelf life analysis, spoilage, Healthy living through good nutrition and safe food security.

Projects you're working on

Effects of traditional preservatives, herbs, plant materials, packaging materials and methods on the product quality, safety and storability of smoked fish products.

Evaluation of smoking kilns to bring improvement to traditional practices and to promote adoption and acceptability of interventions

Standardization of traditional practices to promote improvement, exports and acceptability

Discipline
QC test development Quality assurance Safety evaluation Social sciences
Host species
Fish
Pathogen
Bacteria BacteriaClostridia BacteriaE. coli BacteriaSalmonella
Stage of vaccine development
Field trials