Apeh Omede

Dr Apeh Omede is a lecturer with Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Before joininh University of Tasmania, he was a Marie Curie Fellow under the Research Leaders 2025 Project at Teagasc - Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority. He is interested in researching the interphase between nutritional strategies for sustainable animal production, the environment and gut microbiota in farm animals. He is open to collaborations in these spaces.

He has previously worked across the development of strategies for early nutrition in animals, improvement and utilization of alternative feed resources, and physiological responses (digestive functions, gut development and gut health) of animals to such feed resources in monogastric animals.

Apeh was an Alltech Young Scientist award winner, as well as winner of some young scientist awards and travel grants.

At the same time, Dr Apeh is passionate about agri-foodtech and entrepreneurship. As an agri-foodtech ecosystem builder, and a part of an accelerator and incubator that is specifically focused on empowering agri-foodtech startups and entrepreneurs across Nigeria. He is also a Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program Fellow. He spends his free time mentoring agri-foodtech startups and entrepreneurs.
Address: Department of Animal Science
School of Enrvironmental and Rural Science
University of New England
Armidale
2351 NSW
Australia