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D. Sylvain Dabade

Universite d'Abomey-Calavi Faculte des Sciences Agronomiques, Wageningen University & Research, Universite d'Abomey-Calavi, Faculte des Sciences Agronomiques

Research areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Food Science · Food Safety and Hygiene · Meat and Animal Product Quality · Probiotics and Fermented Foods

ORCID iD 0000-0002-7768-2439

About

D. Sylvain Dabadé graduated from the secondary school in 2002 and was awarded the Beninese Government excellence grant for studying at the University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin). At the University, he was enrolled at the Faculty of Sciences and
Technology (FAST/UAC) and the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences (FSA/UAC). He graduated in December 2008 as Agricultural Engineer. In 2009, he was awarded a scholarship from Belgium ("CUD bourse locale") to enroll in an MSc program at the University of Abomey- Calavi. He achieved the Master degree in the field of Food Safety in 2010. The same year, he was granted a PhD scholarship from the
Netherlands Universities Foundation For International Cooperation (NUFFIC), under the project NPT/BEN/263 to undertake his PhD project at the Laboratory of Food Microbiology at Wageningen University (the Netherlands). His PhD project was entitled: "shrimp quality and safety management along the supply chain in Benin". He defended it in August 2015. The same year, he was granted by VLIR-UOS (Belgium) to attend the International Training Program in Food Safety at Ghent University from August to December 2015. In 2016, he was recruited as Lecturer-Researcher at the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi. He has been lecturing and conducting research in the fields of Food Spoilage and Food Safety.

Employment

  • Universite d'Abomey-Calavi Faculte des Sciences Agronomiques Lecturer-Researcher
    2016 - Present

Education

  • 2010 - 2015
  • Universite d'Abomey-Calavi, Faculte des Sciences Agronomiques MSc, Food Safety
    2009 - 2010
  • Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques Agricultural Engineer
    2003 - 2008

Projects & Funding

  • Application of new packaging solutions to reduce food losses in West Africa by extending shelf-life of local perishable foods Federal Office for Agriculture and Food
    2017 - 2020
  • International Training Program in food safety and quality management, quality assurance, and risk analysis, Ghent University, Belgium VLIR-UOS
    2017 - 2017
  • Effectiveness of 4-hexylresorcinol and catechin treatments in inhibiting melanosis and microbial growth in tropical brackish water shrimp (Penaeus notialis) during storage at 0°C and 7°C International Foundation for Science
    2016 - 2018
  • International Training Program in food safety and quality management, quality assurance, and risk analysis, Ghent University, Belgium VLIR-UOS
    2016 - 2016
  • International Training Program in food safety and quality management, quality assurance, and risk analysis, Ghent University, Belgium VLIR-UOS
    2015 - 2015
  • Shrimp Quality and Safety Management along the Supply Chain in Benin NUFFIC, The Netherlands Universities Foundation For International Cooperation
    2010 - 2015
  • Mathematical modeling tools to enhance brackish river prawn (Macrobrachium macrobrachion) quality management in West Africa International Foundation for Science

Publications (23)