EDUCATION
March 2026 - To Date
PhD in Agricultural, Environmental and Food Science and Technology - University of Bologna/ University of Hohenheim.
Supervisors: Prof. Massimiliano Petracci, Prof. Diana Di Gioia, Prof. Iris Lewandowski, Dr. Bastian Winkler & Prof. Philippe Lescoat.
08/2021 – 07/2023
Erasmus Mundus Master's in Biological and Chemical Engineering for a Sustainable Bioeconomy
Master's in Biology AgroSciences - University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France
Master of Science in Engineering - Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Master's in Integrative Biology & Physiology - AgroParisTech, France
Master's Thesis - Technical University of Denmark
Thesis: Engineering a metabolic bypass in the central carbon metabolism of Pseudomonas putida toward enhanced C1 assimilation.
Supervisors: Dr. Nicolas Krink, Dr. Alberto De Maria, Prof. Pablo Nikel, Prof. Matthieu Jules, Prof. Petri-Jaan Lahtvee
08/2015 – 08/2019
BSc. in Food Science and Technology - Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Thesis: Microbiological safety and physicochemical composition of Bongo, a traditional fermented milk product from Lyantonde district, Uganda.
Supervisor: Prof. Ivan Muzira Mukisa
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Date: 09/2023 – 10/2025
Project: Food Waste-2-Livestock Feed
Supervisor: Dr. Geoffrey Ssepuuya
Date: 03/2023 – 06/2023
Project: Designing a microalgae-based biorefinery using eco-friendly processes and a cascading approach to raw material utilization
Supervisor: Prof. Florent Allais
Date: 08/2022 – 01/2023
Project: Sustainable Biomanufacturing of Food and Feed Ingredients – Development of an alternative Hop Flavor from Brewers' Spent Grain (BSG)
Supervisors: Prof. Caroline Rémond, Dr. Luísa Czamanski Nora, Prof. Petri-Jaan Latvee, Prof. Stéphanie Baumberger
Date: 01/2017 – 09/2019
Project: INSect-based agriBIZiness for sustainable grasshopper and cricket production and processing for food in Kenya and Uganda (INSBIZ)
Supervisor: Prof. Dorothy Nakimbugwe & Dr. Geoffrey Ssepuuya
CONFERENCES
10/2024 - The Global Bioeconomy Summit, Nairobi, Kenya
10/2022 - Biosphera Graduate School, AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
09/2022 - The 6th Symposium of Natural Fibers and Polymers, Troyes, France
09/2021 - Plant-Based Summit, Reims, France
04/2019 - The 3rd International Federation of Environmental Health - Academic World Conference, Kampala, Uganda
