Dr. Anthony Temitope Idowu

Postdoktorand

Topic 6: Marines und polares Leben

Forschungsbereich 3: Marine Ökologie
FE Marine Naturstoffchemie

 

Büro:
Gebäude 5 (ENB), Raum: 2.422
Tel.: +49 431 600-xxxx
E-Mail: aidowu(at)geomar.de

 

Adresse:
GEOMAR Zentrum für Marine Biotechnologie (GEOMAR-Biotech)

Forschungseinheit Marine Naturstoffchemie
Wischhofstrasse 1-3 | 24148 Kiel | Germany

 

Research interests:

Marine natural products chemistry, Valorisation of marine resource and potential applications, Compositional analysis and technofunctional properties of food ingredients, Functional foods ingredients generations

 

Projects:  

Interdisciplinary Helmholtz Innovation Pool project INNOVA on seaweed polymer/biomolecule chemistry and valorisation

 

Academic positions:

Postdoctoral fellowship at GEOMAR Kiel (2026)

Assistant Professor in Food Science (Contract), University of Limerick (2024-2025)

PhD in Food Science, University of Limerick, Castletroy Ireland (2024)

MSc in Food Science and technology, Prince of Songkhla University, Hat-yai, Thailand (2019)

BSc in Food Science and technology, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria (2012)

 

Publications:

Idowu, A.T., Amigo-Benavent, M. and FitzGerald, R.J. (2025). Technofunctional characterisation of a protein concentrate from the red seaweed, Palmaria palmata. (Applied Food Research - Doi.org/10.1016/j.afres.2025.101052)

Idowu, A.T., Amigo-Benavent, M. and FitzGerald, R.J. (2024). Impact of alkaline solvent, carbohydrase, biomass:solvent on extraction efficiency and protein and amino acid of Palmaria palmata (Published in Food and Bioprocessing, Elsevier Journal - DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2024

Idowu, A.T., Amigo-Benavent, M., Whelan, S., Edwards, M.D., and FitzGerald, R.J. (2023). Impact of different colour light conditions on the nitrogen, protein, colour, total phenolic content and amino acid profiles of cultured Palmaria palmata. (Published in MDPI Foods - Doi.org/10.3390/foods12213940)

Idowu, A.T., Amigo-Benavent, M., Santos-Hernández^, M., Whelan_, S., Edwards_, M.D., and FitzGerald_, R.J. (2023). Impact of growth conditions on the nitrogen, protein, colour and amino acid profile of the cultured macroalga, Palmaria palmata. (Published in Journal of Applied Phycology - Doi.org/10.1007/s10811-023-03057-1)

Idowu, A.T. and Benjakul, S. (2019). Bitterness of protein hydrolysates and its debittering prospects: a review (Published in Journal of Food Biochemistry- Doi/10.1111/jfbc.12978)