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Why did he came to study at PKNU from Ethiopia? | |||
WRITER | Department of External Cooperation | WRITE DAY | 2017-09-20 |
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Why did he came to study at PKNU from Ethiopia? | |||||
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A professor of University in Ethiopia received Ph.D. in coffee from PKNU. Professor of Ethiopia University has been attracting attention for studying in Korea and receiving a doctorate in 'coffee' research.
He said, "My Ethiopian friend, who studied at PKNU as a government scholarship student, strongly recommended, so I decided to study at PKNU." He studied the methods of extracting nutrients from coffee beans in Department of Food Science & Technology (Prof. Jeon, Byung-soo) of PKNU for three years as a doctor, and published four papers in international journals as major authors and seven co-authors as domestic authors. His researches include methods of encapsulating coffee aroma and coffee oil extracted from beans, extracting beneficial ingredients such as antimicrobial and antioxidant from coffee grounds, extracting useful ingredients from un-roasted green beans, and a method of decomposing a useful polysaccharide in a coffee so as to be absorbed into the body. "Ethiopia is one of the top five coffee producing regions in the world, so I want to study about coffee more scientifically and contribute to the development of the country," he said. "I want to learn the secrets in Korea where the only one fast grown nation in the world, so I applied for Global Korea Scholarship, and I was able to achieve good results thanks to the high level of technology and equipment, enthusiastic professors and researchers. " He will return to Ethiopia after a year post-doctoral course at PKNU and will be appointed Professor of Chemistry and Biotechnology at Addis Ababa University (AAU). He said, "I would like to carry out further research on other foods with coffee at PKNU and to improve my research capacity and give it to my university students." He was recognized for his outstanding research achievements during his Ph.D., as a result, he was awarded the honor as a representative of 466 graduates from the Global Korea Scholarship of National Institute for International Education at Seongnam On the 17th <Pukyong Today> |