Sustainable Agrifood System
Engineering

Department of Bioresource Engineering,
McGill University

Our Team Members

The Principal Investigator of SFSE Research Group


Meet Dr. Ebenezer Miezah Kwofie

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  • M.Sc., Industrial Engineering (Specialization in Quality and Environmental Management) University of Borås (Högskolan i Borås) Borås, Sweden
Ebenezer Miezah Kwofie is an assistant professor of food systems sustainability and resilience in the Department of Bioresource Engineering on the Macdonald campus of McGill University. Prior to joining McGill as a faculty, he held a joint appointment at the Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and the Food Science Department, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Between 2016 and 2020, he served as manager of International Food Systems Development projects at McGill, coordinating projects in Zambia, Malawi, Ethiopia, Bolivia, and Honduras.

Dr. Kwofie’s research explores the connectivity and dynamics of environmental, economic, and product-process quality to address food system sustainability and resilience

Assistant Professor, Food & Bioproduct Sustainability & Resilience
Co-Director, Integrated Food and Bioprocess Engineering Program
Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University

Our PhD students

Derrick Allotey

PhD Student @ McGill University

BSc Chemical Engineering @ Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Project: Techno-eco environmental trade-off & optimization of pea protein extraction.

Prince Agyemang

PhD Student @ McGill University

BSc Chemical Engineering @ KNUST-Ghana; MBENG Biological Engineering @ University of Arkansas

Project: Industrial Eco-efficiency assessment of feed additive production value chain

Vincent Abe-Inge

PhD Student @ McGill University

BSc/MSc Food Science @ Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Project: Impact of dietary supply and consumption patterns on health and the environment.

Raphael Aidoo

PhD Student @ McGill University

BSc Food Science & Technology @ KNUST; MSc Bioresource Engineering @McGill University

Project: Sustainable circular bioeconomy solutions for pea starch.




Our MSc Students

Aubin Payne

MSc Student @ McGill University

BSc Biological Engineering @ The University of Arkansas

Project: Investigating and assessing the social life cycle implication in agri-food value chain..

Mariana Moncada de la Fuente

MSc Student @ McGill University

BSc Biotechnology Engineering @ Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico

Project: Development and Testing of Quebec Dashboard for Improving Healthy food choices

Pratham Khaitan

MSc Student @ McGill University- Completed

Btech Biotechnology @SRM Institute of Science and Technology-India

Project: Impact of dietary supply and consumption patterns on health and the environment.







Undergraduate Students

Marie-Anne Dessureault

BEng Bioresource Engineering @ McGill University

Project: Development of a Dashboard for Improving Sustainable Healthy Food Choices

Emma Linzmayer

BA in Honours Political Science, with minors in Economics and Latin American Studies @ McGill University

Project: Stakeholder communication of sustainability to consumers at different levels of the food value chain

Efrata Daniel Woldeyohanes

BSc Global Food Security @ McGill University

Project: Assessment of the food system policy, technical guidelines, and institutional environment for food safety management in Africa

Olivia Thomsen

International Development studies @ McGill University

Project: Policies and Programs to incentivize adopting sustainable practices at the farm level.



Alumni

Winfred Yeboah

MSc Student @ The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville- Completed

Present Position PhD student in Materials Engineering, University of Arkansas.

Ishita Deb

MSc Student @ McGill University

BSc Agricultural Engineering @ Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladeshi

Project: Process design and sustainability modeling of Biopesticide Production from Pea Starch.