Nathaniel Tetu Ndaji

Background

Nathaniel is a PhD researcher at Cranfield University specializing in postharvest technology, with a particular focus on the application of magnetic fields for the storage of potato tubers. His doctoral research aims to optimize postharvest storage conditions and enhance existing storage technologies to reduce losses, extend shelf/storage life, and maintain tuber quality. By integrating engineering principles with postharvest physiology, his work seeks to contribute innovative, sustainable solutions to postharvest challenges in root and tuber crops.

Nathaniel holds an MSc in Farm Power and Agricultural Machinery and an MEng in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Dschang, where he also obtained a BEng in Agronomy. This multidisciplinary academic foundation provides him with expertise spanning agricultural engineering, mechanization, and crop production systems, which informs both the experimental and applied aspects of his research.

Prior joining the postharvest resaech group at Cranfield University for his PhD, Nathaniel worked as a civil servant in Cameroon with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, serving as an Assistant Project Engineer. In this role, he contributed to the planning and implementation of sustainable agricultural development strategies through several government and non-governmental funded projects, gaining valuable field-level and policy-relevant experience. He is currently pursuing his PhD under the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship, and his research interests include postharvest technologies, agricultural mechanization, renewable energy, water management (crop irrigation) and innovation for food loss and waste reduction.

Research opportunities

- Soil and farm machinery interactions

- Food loss and waste

- Renewable energy

- irrigation

Publications

• Articles in journals