He has published over 170 journal articles and book chapters, and is the Editor of “Food Proteins and Peptides: Emerging Biofunctions, Food and Biomaterial Applications” (2021, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK). He currently serves as Editor for Food Hydrocolloids for Health, Vice President of the Early Career Scientist Section of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology, member of the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) Taskforce on COVID-19 and the Global Food System, and member of journal editorial boards, grant/award selection and steering committees of professional societies. He is the recipient of the American Chemical Society–Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Young Scientist Award (2018), American Oil Chemists’ Society Young Scientist Research Award (2018), and IUFoST Young Scientist Award (2012). In 2021, Professor Udenigwe was elected to the Global Young Academy.