DR. PETER MICHAEL ODUOR-ODOTE
PRINCIPAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST
NATURAL PRODUCTS AND POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY
(ii) Project management
(iii) Student Supervision
(iv) Mentorship
(v)
The research areas I
have interest in and work in are
Fish post-harvest control technologies where I
with others have successfully designed and implemented improved fish drying
racks, solar dryers, solar tunnel dryers and lately the Hybrid windmill solar
tunnel dryer, a patented innovation installed in Kipini Kenya for drying in
both damp and dry weather conditions using green energy -sun and wind as
sources of renewable energy complementing each other. Apart from drying only
fish and other farm produce, the innovation has extra power to provide lighting
in neighbouring households. It is soon being hooked to an ice maker for ice
production on a trial basis. The Hybrid windmill solar tunnel dryer was
showcased at the Africa Platform on Civil service Innovations in Congo
Brazaville (2016) and was among the top 10 leading innovations at the 1st
Pan African Congress on Post-Harvest Technologies in Africa held in Nairobi in
2017. In the fried fish chain, I have patented an innovation -Improved fried
fish display box or simply known as “The Mama Karanga box” for the “Mama Karanga”
women who sell fried fish by the roadside or in designated market places in the
evenings. The lighting is provided by
tin paraffin lamps emitting black soot affecting respiratory health and causing
global warming; and the fish are laid on wooden base or laid on old newspapers
compromising hygiene. In the innovation,
the tin paraffin lamps are replaced by eco-friendly rechargeable lamps emitting
no smoke and the box is lined with food grade aluminium for cleaner handling. This
simple innovation improves health of women, saves money on paraffin, affects
climate change positively (no carbon footprint) and is hygienic. The improved
fried fish display box (“Mama Karanga box”) has been supplied to Kipini county
and Kwale Counties in Kenya on pilot basis with demands for more on the
increase
(ii) In value addition
and fish product development, we have developed and patented a rack
dried value added Dagaa product “Rack dried Kimalawari is soy sauce”. In the
cold chain, I am currently involved in an innovation on insulated container for
holding fish in ice flakes at fish bandas. All
these innovations are for improved food security and livelihoods. They are also
sensitive to women and youth
(iii) I have a lot of
interest in use of antioxidants especially in increasing shelf-life of fish
during storage with focus on lipid oxidation. This formed part of my PhD study.
I am coordinating a consortium of scientists (both local and international) on
bioprospecting bringing together a team of experts to look at bioactive
compounds as well as antioxidants in the Kenyan EEZ as part of the Blue Economy
NAME: Dr. Peter Michael Oduor-Odote (PhD)
EMPLOYER: Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND: BSc (Hons) University of Nairobi; MSc (Free University of Brussels; PhD (University of Surrey-Biochemistry and nutrition)
CONTACTS: podote@gmail.com , kes@kmfri.co.ke
FIELD OF EXPERTISE: Fish Quality Control, Value Addition, Post-Harvest Technologies
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Value addition in fish and fish by products including marketing; Development of technologies for post-harvest control in fisheries and other farm produce; Fish feeds; Natural products (antioxidants); High value aquatic based nutraceuticals
PATENTS:
1. ..“Improved Fried Fish Display Box” by Oduor-Odote Peter Michael. Utility Model 151. Ref: KE/u/2016/658
2. “Rack-dried Kimarawali (Dagaa) in soy sauce by Oduor-Odote Peter Michael: Catergory-Utility Model. 150: KE/U/2016/659
3..”Hybrid Windmill-solar-tunnel Dryer” by Oduor-Odote Peter Michael, Douglas Shitanda & Gareth Kituu. Category: Utility Model.NUMBER 152. Ref: KE/U/2016/660
4 “Glass Panel Solar Powered Tunnel Dryer” Utility Model Number 112. 22nd July 2016
PUBLICATIONS:
1.Obiero M.O.; Odoli CO.; Oduor Odote P M.; Ruwa, RK and Omega M.O (2019). Shelf Life Assessment of Hot Smoked African Catfish Stored Under Different Storage Conditions from Lake Kenyatta, North Coast, Kenya. WIO Journal of Marine Science 18 (1 ) 2019 1-9
2.Awuor JF.; Obiero K.; Munguti J.; Oginga JO.; KyuleD.; Opiyo M.A.; Oduor-Odote P.; Yongo E,; Owiti H.; Ochiewo, J (2019). Market Linkages and Distribution Channels of Cultured, Captured and Imported Fish in Kenya Aquaculture Studies, 19(1), xx-xx http://doi.org/10.4194/2618-6381-v19_1_06
3.Cyprian O.O; Oduor‐Odote, PM and Arason S (2019). The influence of lipid content and pretreatment methods on protein conformation in fish (Capelin, Mallotus villosus) during smoking and drying. Food Science and Nutrition DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.980.
4. Oduor-Odote Peter; Shamasundar A.; Booman AC.; Nazlin KH.; Maria A.and Zagarramurdi A (2016): Effect of Raw Material Quality on Quality and Yield of Dried Fish Products. International Journal of Food Processing Technology 3: 54-61
5. Odote, P. M. O.; G. M. Kituu.; M. Obiero.; R.Ruwa and N. H.Howell (2015). “Performance evaluation of hybrid thin layer solar tunnel-windmill dryer in the drying of brined and non-brined Tafi (Siganus sutor) Fish. AgreInt. CGIR Vol. 17 No. 1. Pp 273-283
6. Ogongo Bernard Ochieng, Musungu Kathleen Khakasa and Odote Peter Oduor; (2015); Observation of the Saxitoxin Producing Microalgae in the Kenyan Kilindini Port Creek Waters; Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 2015 ISSN 1816-4927 / DOI: 10.3923/jfas.2015.
7. Ogongo Benard Ochieng, Odote Peter M. Oduor, Mlanda Mwangemi Nyale (2015). Effects of Vacuum packaging on the Microbiological, Chemical, Textural and Sensory changes of the Solar Rack Dried Sardines during Chill Storage. Bacteriology Journal 5 (1) : 25-39. ISSN 2153-0211/DOI : 10.3923/bj
8. Ogongo Benard Ochieng’, Odote Peter Michael Oduor and Mlanda Mwangemi Nyale (2015). Biochemical and Nutritional quality of sardines using raised solar rack dryers off Kenyan coast. Journal of Food Resource Science 4 : (2) :33-42. Issn 2244-3550/DOI 10.3923/jfrs
9.Odoli, C.O.; Oduor-Odote, PM ; Ohowa B ; Onyango S.O. (2013) :Evaluation of fis handling tchniques employed by artisanal fishers on quality of Lethrinids and Siganids fish genera at landing time along the Kenyan coast using sensory and microbiological methods. AJFAND Vol.13 ; No.5 8167-8186
10.Odoli C.O. ; Odote, P.O ; Lauzon, H ; Mttinsdottir E and Arason, S (2013) :Microbiological quality and shelflife of fresh packaged Tilapia fillets stored under different chill temperatures. Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences 2 (4) :2431-2455
11.Oduor-Odote P.M. ; Shitanda D. ; Obiero M and Kituu M.G.M (2010). Drying Characteristics and some quality attributes of Rastrineobola argentea (Omena) and Stolephorus delicatulus (Kimarawali) African Journal of Food Agriculture and Nutrition Development Vol. 10 No. 8
12. Oduor-Odote P.M. ; Obiero M and Odoli C (2010) Organoleptic effect of using different plant materials on smoking of marine and freshwater catfish. African Journal of Food Agriculture and Nutrition Development Vol. 10 No. 6
13.Oduor-Odote and Obiero, M.O (2009) Lipid Oxidation and Organoleptic Response to Some Smoked Marine Fish in Kenya (2009) African Journal of Food Agriculture and Nutrition Development Vol. 9 No. 3
14. GM Kituu, D Shitanda, CL Kanali, JT Mailutha, CK Njoronge, JK Wainaina and PMO Odote (2009) Influence of Brining on Drying Characteristics of Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus) in a Glass covered Solar Tunnel Dryer. Agricultural Engineering International: The CIGR Ejournal. Manuscript number. EE 1349, Vol.XI. August 2009
15.Oduor-Odote, P.M and Kazungu J.M. (2008). The Body Composition of Low Value Fish and their Preparation into a Higher Value Snack Food. Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Sciences. Vol 7 No 1 pp 111-117