Professor Michael W. Okoth is a Chemical Engineer with vast training and experience in Food Science and Technology with emphasis on Food Process Engineering. He obtained B.Sc. (Eng) degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1978. After a two-year stint in mineral beneficiation industry, he proceeded to ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich) for coursework leading to M.Sc. Food Science and Technology of the University of Nairobi in 1984. He later obtained a doctorate degree (Dr. sc.