Collins Ogutu

Dynamic research associate with expertise in food quality research with proven track record in food science and biochemistry publication, driving impactful research outcomes. Strong mentor and communicator, skilled in advanced biochemical and molecular techniques.

• Postdoctoral Research Grant- Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV – Freising, Munich, Germany.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan China.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Wuhan, Hubei, China

• Ogutu, C., Cherono, S., ... & Han, Y. (2022). Comprehensive analysis of quality characteristics in main commercial coffee varieties and wild Arabica in Kenya. Food Chem. X, 14, 100294.
• Cherono S., Ogutu C., Han YP, ...et al., (2021). Exogenous Application of Melatonin Improves Drought Tolerance in Coffee by Regulating Photosynthetic Efficiency and Oxidative Damage. J. AMER. SOC. HORT. SCI. 146:24-32
• Liao, L., Zhang, W., Ogutu C., ... & Han, Y. (2021). Unravelling a genetic roadmap for improved taste in the domesticated apple. Molecular Plant, 14, 1454-1471.
• Ogutu, C., Fang, T., ... & Han, Y. (2016). Characterization and utilization of microsatellites in C. canephora genome to assess genetic association between wild species in Kenya and cultivated coffee. Tree Genet & Genomes, 12, 1-9.
• Ma, B., Chen, J., Zheng, H., Fang, T., Ogutu, C., Li, S., ... & Wu, B. (2015). Comparative assessment of sugar and malic acid composition in cultivated and wild apples. Food Chem, 172, 86-91.
• Ogutu, C., Cherono, S., Ntini, C., Mollah, D., & Han, Y. (2020). Evolutionary rate variation among genes involved in galactomannan biosynthesis in Coffea canephora. Ecology and Evolution, 10(5), 2559-2569.
• Zheng, B., Zhao, L., Jiang, X., Ogutu C., ... et al. (2021). Assessment of organic acid accumulation and its related genes in peach. Food Chemistry, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127567.
• Yang, Q., Yang, X., Wang, Ogutu, C., ... & Han, Y. (2022). Two R2R3-MYB genes cooperatively control trichome development and cuticular wax biosynthesis in Prunus persica. New Phytologist, 234(1), 179-196.
• Ma B., Liao L., Fang T., Peng Q., Ogutu C., ... & Han, Y. (2018). A MA10 gene encoding P-type ATPase is involved in fruit organic acid accumulation in apple. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 17: 674-686.
• Zhou, H., Ma, R., Zhang, X., Ogutu C., ... & Han, Y. (2021). A 1.7-Mb chromosomal inversion downstream of a PpOPF1 gene is responsible for flat fruit shape in peach. Plant biotechnology journal, 19(1), 192-205.
• Peng, Q., Cai, Y., Nakamura, M., ... Ogutu C., & Han, Y. (2020). The sucrose transporter MsSUT4. 1 participates in the regulation of fruit sugar accumulation in apple. BMC plant biology, 20, 1-14.
• Ma, B., Liao, L., Fang, T., Peng, Q., Ogutu, C., Zhou, H., ... & Han, Y. (2019). A MA10 gene encoding P-type ATPase is involved in fruit organic acid accumulation in apple. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 17(3), 674-686.
• Zhou, H., Liao, L., Zhao, J., Ogutu, C., ... & Han, Y. (2018). Two amino acid changes in the R3 repeat cause functional divergence of two clustered MYB10 genes in peach. Plant molecular biology, 98, 169-183.
• “The Chemistry of Coffee Aroma and Flavour” | 2021
• Food Research Online Seminar
• Feb 2024: BioFach world's largest trade fair for organic food and agriculture. Nurnberg, Germany.
• April 2024: Analytica 2024: World's Leading Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology. Munich, Germany.
• July 2024 - Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Food Improved by Research, Science, and Technology (FIRST) Conference and Expo. McCormick Place, Chicago IL, USA.

• Biochemistry
• 2019 - 2020, Fall Semester
• Wuhan Botanical Garden: Online guest lecture on Plant biochemistry and on-site laboratory instructor.