Professor (Mrs.) Ibok Oduro is a Professor of Postharvest Technology at the Department of Food Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.
She had her BSc. (1985) and MSc. (1987) degrees in Chemistry at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Upon graduating, she worked as a Research Assistant at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria from 1988 to 1991. At IITA she worked with breeders /geneticists in the characterization of cassava germplasm based on isozyme analysis using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis techniques. Also provided technical and administrative support for the organization of the Annual Root and Tuber Crop Collaborators’ Meeting, where achievements and new developments in research-for-development on Root and Tuber crops were shared towards strengthening collaboration among research partners. Her research experience at IITA-Nigeria and Forestry Research Institute of Ghana led to her career goal of improving food and nutrition security.
She later obtained her Doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in Postharvest Technology at the University of Cranfield, UK (1996), with British Chevening Scholarship (1993-1995) support. Prof. Oduro has also participated in several professional workshops and trainings. These include: Executive Programme in Entrepreneurial University Transformation at Maastricht University, Netherlands; AWARD Women’s Leadership and Management Course in Nairobi, Kenya and Novartis Scientific Exchange Fellowship Program by the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research and Seeding Labs, USA. She is a recipient of Seeding Labs Instrumental Access Transfer Grant (2013).