ROMAN MMANDA FORTUNATUS

Assistant Lecturer, College Of Agricultural Sciences And Food Technology

Education:

BSc. Food Science and Technology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania MSc. Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida, USA

Teaching:

Specialised areas of teaching: Food chemistry, Food analysis, sensory evaluation and product development

Research:

Research interests:  Improving the bioavailability of food bioactive compounds with nanotechnology

Projects:

Recent projects: Commercialization of bamboo wine produced locally from bamboo beverage in Tanzania funded by UDSM (member)

Publications:

Recent publications:

Fortunatus, R. M., Simonne, A. H., and Mongi, R. J. 2021. Quality Assessment of Ugali Blended with Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato to Alleviate Vitamin A Deficiency in Tanzania. Afr. J. Food Sci. 15 (5), 226–235. https://doi.org/10.5897/AJFS2020.2057 

Katunzi-Kilewela, A., Rweyemamu, L. M. P., Kaale, L. D., Kibazohi, O., and Fortunatus, R. M. (2021). Proximate composition, pasting and functional properties of composite flour blends from cassava and chia seeds flour. Food Science and Technology International, 10820132211069471. https://doi:10.1177/10820132211069471

Katunzi-Kilewela, A., Mongi, R. J., Kaale, L. D., Kibazohi, O., Fortunatus, R. M., and Rweyemamu, L. M. P. (2022). Sensory profile, consumer acceptability and preference mapping of cassava-chia seeds composite porridges. Applied Food Research, 2(1). https://doi:10.1016/j.afres.2021.100038