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Expert Academic Editor | Food Scientist | HPLC | GCMS | 32+ Publications | R, Python | Project Management

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As a PhD-level Food Scientist, Food Analytical Chemist, Machine Learning Expert, and versatile Academic Editor, I bring over a decade of experience delivering high-quality solutions to complex academic and industrial problems. With 52+ publications—including peer-reviewed articles, reviews, SOPs, and method developments—I understand the nuances of scientific writing and data interpretation. I specialize in: Academic editing and scientific writing across disciplines Data analysis and predictive modeling using R, Python, and MATLAB Machine learning applications for food science, agriculture, and health Developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) and custom methodologies Whether you're preparing a manuscript for a high-impact journal, developing a data-driven research project, or building a predictive model, I combine domain expertise with technical precision to help you succeed. Let’s collaborate to transform your ideas into impactful outcomes.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Analytical Chemistry
• ☆ Spectroscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Spectroscopy
• ☆ IR Spectroscopy
• ☆ Mass Spectrometry
• ☆ Liquid Chromatography/HPLC
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Artificial Intelligence
• ☆ Computer Vision
• ☆ Environmental Science
• ☆ Nutrition Science
• ☆ Food Sensory Analysis
• ☆ Food Preservation
• ☆ Food Safety
• ☆ Flavor & Fragrance Chemistry
• ☆ Food Processing
• ☆ Food Chemistry
• ☆ Food & Beverage Manufacturing
• ☆ Nutritional Analysis
• ☆ Publishing
• ☆ Python
• ☆ Matlab

Services

• Writing

Writing Technical Writing

Work Experience

Research Laboratory Manager

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

August 2015 - Present

Education

Visiting Researcher

University of Surrey

- Present

PhD (Food Science and Technology )

Bowen University

February 2021 - February 2025

Master of Science (Analytical Chemistry) (Department of Chemistry )

University of Ibadan

April 2010 - October 2012

Certifications

• Certificate of Review

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  May 2023 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Michael Adesokan, Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu, Bolanle Otegbayo, Asrat Asfaw, Michael Olutoyin Afolabi, Segun Fawole, Karima Meghar, Dominique Dufour, Oluwatoyin Ayetigbo, Fabrice Davrieux, et al. (2025). Rapid analysis of starch, sugar, and amylose in fresh yam tubers and boiled yam texture using near-infrared hyperspectral imaging and chemometrics . Journal of Food Composition and Analysis.

Michael Adesokan, Laurent Adinsi, Imayath Djibri‐Moussa, Laurenda Honfozo, Alexandre Bouniol, Karima Meghar, Emmanuel O. Alamu, Santiago Arufe, Miriam Ofoeze, Benjamin Okoye, et al. (2024). Characterizing quality traits of boiled yam: texture and taste for enhanced breeding efficiency and impact . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.

Cynthia Idhigu Aghogho, Siraj Ismail Kayondo, Bussie Maziya‐Dixon, Saviour JY Eleblu, Isaac Asante, Samuel K Offei, Elizabeth Parkes, Andrew Ikpan Smith, Micheal Adesokan, Racheal Abioye, et al. (2024). Exploring genetic variability, heritability, and trait correlations in gari and eba quality from diverse cassava varieties in Nigeria . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.

Michael Adesokan, Oluwatoyin Ayetigbo, Santiago Arufe, Antonin Kouassi, Laurent Adinsi, Andres Escobar, Luis Fernando Delgado, Abiola Tanimola, Oluyinka Oroniran, Cédric Kendine Vepowo, et al. (2024). Review of instrumental texture measurements as phenotypic tool to assess textural diversity of root, tuber and banana food products . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.

Michael Adesokan, Olamide Olaosebikan, Abolore Bello, Kauê de Sousa, Robert Ndjouenkeu, Emmanuel Alamu, Afolabi Agbona, Jacob Van Etten, Franklin Ngoualem Kégah, Dominique Dufour, et al. (2024). Drivers of consumer acceptability of cassava gari‐eba food products across cultural and environmental settings using the triadic comparison of technologies approach (tricot) . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.

Michael Adesokan, Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu, Segun Fawole, Asrat Asfaw, Busie Maziya-Dixon (2024). Elite Genotypes of Water Yam (Dioscorea alata) Yield Food Product Quality Comparable to White Yam (Dioscorea rotundata) . Applied Sciences.

Michael Adesokan, PhD, ALAMU Emmanuel Oladeji (PhD, FIFST, MNIFST), Segun Fawole, Asrat Asfaw, Busie Maziya-Dixon (2024). Elite Genotypes of Water Yam (<i>Dioscorea alata</i>) Yield Food Product Quality Comparable to White Yam (<i>Dioscorea rotundata</i>) . Applied Sciences.

Michael Adesokan, Olamide Olaosebikan, Bello Abolore, Kau&#234; de Sousa, Robert NDJOUENKEU, Emmanuel Alamu, Afolabi Agbona, Jacob Van Etten, Franklin Ngoualem K&#233;gah , Dominique Dufour, et al.(2023). Drivers of consumer acceptability of cassava <i>gari</i>‐<i>eba</i> food products across cultural and environmental settings using the Triadic Comparison of Technologies approach (tricot) . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. Wiley

Michael Adesokan, Bolanle Otegbayo, Oluyinka Oroniran, Abiola Tanimola, Bisi Fawehinmi, Ayomide Alamu, Tomilola Bolaji, Tessy Madu, Benjamin Okoye, UGO CHIJIOKE, et al.(2023). Food Quality Profile of Pounded Yam and Implications For Yam Breeding . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. Wiley

Michael Adesokan, Asrat Asfaw, Paterne Agre, Ryo Matsumoto, Alice Adenike Olatunji, Alex Edemodu, Theresa Olusola, Oluchi Lawrencia Odom‐Kolombia, Oladeji Emmanuel Alamu, Patrick Adebola, et al.(2023). Genome‐wide dissection of the genetic factors underlying food quality in boiled and pounded white Guinea yam . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. Wiley

Michael Adesokan, Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu, Bolanle Otegbayo, Busie Maziya-Dixon (2023). A Review of the Use of Near-Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging (NIR-HSI) Techniques for the Non-Destructive Quality Assessment of Root and Tuber Crops . Applied Sciences.

Michael Adesokan, PhD, ALAMU Emmanuel Oladeji (PhD, FIFST, MNIFST), Bolanle Otegbayo, Busie Maziya-Dixon (2023). A Review of the Use of Near-Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging (NIR-HSI) Techniques for the Non-Destructive Quality Assessment of Root and Tuber Crops . Applied Sciences.

Michael Adesokan, Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu, Segun Fawole, Busie Maziya-Dixon, Tesfai Mehreteab, David Chikoye (2023). Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp Applications for Enhancing Soil Fertility and Crop Nutritional Qualities: A Review . Forests.

Michael Adesokan, ALAMU Emmanuel Oladeji (PhD, FIFST, MNIFST), Bela Teeken, Ayetigbo Oluwatoyin Elijah, Ismail Kayondo, UGO CHIJIOKE, Chijioke Madu, Benjamin Okoye, Bello Abolore, Damian Njoku, et al.(2023). Establishing the linkage between eba's instrumental and sensory descriptive profiles and their correlation with consumer preferences: implications for cassava breeding . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. Wiley

ALAMU Emmanuel Oladeji (PhD, FIFST, MNIFST), Michael Adesokan, PhD, Segun Fawole, Busie Maziya-Dixon, Mehreteab Tesfai, David Chikoye (2023). <i>Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp</i> Applications for Enhancing Soil Fertility and Crop Nutritional Qualities: A Review . Forests.

Wasiu Awoyale and Hakeem Oyedele and Ayodele A. Adenitan and Michael Adesokan and Emmanuel O. Alamu and Busie Maziya-Dixon(2022). Correlation of the quality attributes of fufu flour and the sensory and instrumental texture profiles of the cooked dough produced from different cassava varieties . International Journal of Food Properties. 25. (1). p. 326--343. Informa {UK} Limited

Michael Adesokan, ALAMU Emmanuel Oladeji (PhD, FIFST, MNIFST), Wasiu Awoyale, Segun Fawole, Asrat Asfaw, Busie Maziya-Dixon(2022). Assessment of biochemical, cooking, sensory and textural properties of the boiled food product of white yam (D. rotundata) genotypes grown at different locations . Heliyon. 8. (12). p. e11690. Elsevier {BV}

Michael Adesokan, Edwige Gaby Nkouaya Mbanjo, Jenna Hershberger, Prasad Peteti, Afolabi Agbona, Andrew Ikpan, Kayode Ogunpaimo, Siraj Ismail Kayondo, Racheal Smart Abioye, Kehinde Nafiu, et al.(2022). Predicting starch content in cassava fresh roots using near-infrared spectroscopy . Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. Frontiers Media {SA}

Michael Adesokan, Babajide Kareem, Emmanuel Anyachukwu Irondi, Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu, Emmanuel Oladipo Ajani, Adebayo Abass, Elizabeth Parkes, Busie Maziya-Dixon(2022). Influence of traditional processing and genotypes on the antioxidant and antihyperglycaemic activities of yellow-fleshed cassava . Frontiers in Nutrition. 9. Frontiers Media {SA}

Michael Adesokan, Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu, Abebe Menkir, Segun Fawole, Busie Maziya-Dixon (2022). Assessment of the Effects of Genotype, Location, and Planting Season on the Nutritional Composition and the Metabolizable Energy of Advanced Twenty-Five Maize Hybrids . International Journal of Plant Biology.

Michael Adesokan, Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu, Abebe Menkir, Segun Fawole, Busie Maziya-Dixon (2022). Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectrophotometry (NIRS) Application in the Amino Acid Profiling of Quality Protein Maize (QPM) . Foods.

Michael Adesokan, Wasiu Awoyale, Hakeem Oyedele, Emmanuel O. Alamu, Busie Maziya-Dixon(2022). Can improved cassava genotypes from the breeding program substitute the adopted variety for gari production? Biophysical and textural attributes approach . Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6. Frontiers Media {SA}

Ndenum Suzzy Shitta and Abush Tesfaye Abebe and Happiness O. Oselebe and Alex Chukwudi Edemodu and Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu and Michael T. Abberton and Bussie Maziya-Dixon and Michael Adesokan and Berhanu Fenta and Wosene Gebreselassie Abtew(2022). Evaluation of 93 Accessions of African Yam Bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa) Grown in Ethiopia for Physical, Nutritional, Antinutritional, and Cooking Properties . Journal of Food Quality. 2022. p. 1--11. Hindawi Limited

Wasiu Awoyale and Hakeem Oyedele and Ayodele A. Adenitan and Michael Adesokan and Emmanuel O. Alamu and Busie Maziya-Dixon(2022). Relationship between quality attributes of backslopped fermented gari and the sensory and instrumental texture profile of the cooked dough ( <i>eba</i> ) . Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 46. (1). Wiley

Michael Adesokan, Wasiu Awoyale, Hakeem Oyedele, Ayodele A. Adenitan, Emmanuel O. Alamu, Busie Maziya‐Dixon(2022). Relationship between quality attributes of backslopped fermented gari and the sensory and instrumental texture profile of the cooked dough ( eba ) . Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 46. (1). Wiley

Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu and Busie Maziya-Dixon and Abebe Menkir and Michael Adesokan and Olorunfemi Olaofe(2021). Assessment of Functional and Pasting Properties of Fresh Orange Maize Hybrids and Open-Pollinated Varieties as Influenced by Genotype, Harvesting Time, and Growing Location . Frontiers in Nutrition. 8. Frontiers Media {SA}

Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu and Ephraim Nuwamanya and Denis Cornet and Karima Meghar and Michael Adesokan and Thierry Tran and John Belalcazar and Lucienne Desfontaines and Fabrice Davrieux(2021). Near‐infrared spectroscopy applications for high‐throughput phenotyping for cassava and yam: A review . International Journal of Food Science &amp; Technology. 56. (3). p. 1491--1501. Wiley

B{\'{e}}la Teeken and Afolabi Agbona and Abolore Bello and Olamide Olaosebikan and Emmanuel Alamu and Michael Adesokan and Wasiu Awoyale and Tessy Madu and Benjamin Okoye and Ugo Chijioke and Durodola Owoade and Maria Okoro and Alexandre Bouniol and Dominique Dufour and Clair Hershey and Ismail Rabbi and Busie Maziya-Dixon and Chiedozie Egesi and Hale Tufan and Peter Kulakow(2021). Understanding cassava varietal preferences through pairwise ranking of <i>gari‐eba</i> and <i>fufu</i> prepared by local farmer–processors . International Journal of Food Science &amp; Technology. 56. (3). p. 1258--1277. Wiley

Patchimaporn Udomkun and Cargele Masso and Rony Swennen and Tesfamicheal Wossen and Delphine Amah and Apollin Fotso and Jules Lienou and Michael Adesokan and Emmanuel Njukwe and Bernard Vanlauwe(2020). Variability of provitamin A carotenoids in plantain: Influence of cultivar, bunch type, maturation stage, and location . Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 94. p. 103636. Elsevier {BV}

Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu and Michael Adesokan and Asrat Asfaw and Busie Maziya-Dixon(2020). Effect of Sample Preparation Methods on the Prediction Performances of Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy for Quality Traits of Fresh Yam (Dioscorea spp.) . Applied Sciences. 10. (17). p. 6035. {MDPI} {AG}

Michael Adesokan, Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu, Asrat Asfaw, Busie Maziya-Dixon(2020). Effect of Sample Preparation Methods on the Prediction Performances of Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy for Quality Traits of Fresh Yam (Dioscorea spp.) . Applied Sciences. 10. (17). p. 6035. {MDPI} {AG}

Delphine Amah and Emmanuel Alamu and Michael Adesokan and Angeline van Biljon and Bussie Maziya-dixon and Rony Swennen and Maryke Labuschagne(2019). Variability of carotenoids in a Musa germplasm collection and implications for provitamin A biofortification . Food Chemistry: X. 2. p. 100024. Elsevier {BV}

Oladeji Emmanuel Alamu and Michael Adesokan and Busie Maziya-Dixon(2019). Calibration development for nutritional evaluation of Yam (Dioscorea sp.) using Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectrophotometry (NIRS) . Cogent Chemistry. 5. (1). p. 1565623. Informa {UK} Limited

Oladeji Emmanuel Alamu and Michael Adesokan and Busie Maziya-Dixon(2019). Calibration development for nutritional evaluation of Yam (Dioscorea sp.) using Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectrophotometry (NIRS) . Cogent Chemistry. 5. (1). p. 1565623. Informa {UK} Limited

{Alamu Emmanuel Oladeji} and {Maziya-Dixon Busie} and {Zum Felde Thomas} and {Kulakow Peter} and {Parkes Elizabeth} and {Adesokan Michael}(2017). Application of Near Infra-Red Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) in screening of fresh cassava (Manihot esculenta) storage roots for provitamin A carotenoids . Unpublished. Unpublished

{Alamu Emmanuel Oladeji} and {Maziya-Dixon Busie} and {Zum Felde Thomas} and {Kulakow Peter} and {Parkes Elizabeth} and {Adesokan Michael}(2017). Application of Near Infra-Red Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) in screening of fresh cassava (Manihot esculenta) storage roots for provitamin A carotenoids . Unpublished. Unpublished

Michael D. Adesokan and Gilbert U. Adie and Oladele Osibanjo(2016). Soil Pollution by Toxic Metals near E-waste Recycling Operations in Ibadan, Nigeria . Journal of Health and Pollution. 6. (11). p. 26--33. Blacksmith Institute