Biography:

Dr Akpa Eric Essoh graduated as MS in Biochemistry in 1994 at University of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Since 2001, he holds a PhD in Agricultural Sciences and Biological Engineering from Gembloux AgroBiotech, University of Liège, Belgium. He carried out his research work at Bioindustries laboratory of Prof. Philippe Thonart and then at Agri-Food Industries Technology laboratory of Prof. Claude Deroanne in Gembloux. Dr. AKPA completed two years of Posdoctoral studies at Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry laboratories in a European Union multidisciplinary project at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, under supervision of Prof. Jan van Hest. Dr. AKPA is currently Lecturer and Researcher at Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. He has published more than 50 research articles in scientific journals and made numerous scientific communications.