PROF. ROSEEMMA MAMAA ENTSUA-MENSAH

PROF. ROSEEMMA MAMAA ENTSUA-MENSAH

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PROF. ROSEEMMA MAMAA ENTSUA-MENSAH, holds a B.Sc in (Zoology), Diploma in Education, M.Sc. (Aquatic Biology) from the University of Cape Coast and a Ph.D. in Fisheries Science from the University of Ghana. She also holds a Certificate in Aquatic Resource Management from the University of Hull, UK, as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in Business Administration from GIMPA.

She is a Fishery Scientist and an Aquatic Ecologist and has done extensive research nationally and internationally and attained the position of Chief Research Scientist and Deputy-Director General at the CSIR, Ghana from 2008-2018. Her main research focus was on lagoons and freshwater bodies in Ghana and other countries in the West African Sub-region, documenting fish species and providing knowledge on their ecology and traditional management. She assessed the status of freshwater fishes in West Africa for the IUCN. Her research was also on coastal ecology and waterfalls of Ghana, women in water management and sanitation, science education and policy, among others. She was one of the few African Scientists involved with the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2004-2005). Her research on the effects of illegal mining on aquatic life in water bodies of Ghana, and on manatees and fisheries have received extensive recognition locally and internationally. She has to her credit over 120 publications including refereed journal articles, books, consultancy reports, edited and unedited conference papers, project and technical reports. She has been involved in drafting two National Science and Technology Policies for the Ministry of Environment Science and Technology. She has consulted for the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization. In 2005 she was a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Knoxville, Tennessee and has taught at the University of Winneba (2001-2003) and the University of Cape Coast (2006-2009).

She is a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is currently the Chair of the University of Ghana College of Basic and Applied Sciences Advisory Board. She has just been appointed as a member of Executive Committee of International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies. She retired from the CSIR in September 2019. And is currently the Director of the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the CSIR College of Science and Technology.

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PROF. ROSEEMMA MAMAA ENTSUA-MENSAH, holds a B.Sc in (Zoology), Diploma in Education, M.Sc. (Aquatic Biology) from the University of Cape Coast and a Ph.D. in Fisheries Science from the University of Ghana. She also holds a Certificate in Aquatic Resource Management from the University of Hull, UK, as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in Business Administration from GIMPA.

She is a Fishery Scientist and an Aquatic Ecologist and has done extensive research nationally and internationally and attained the position of Chief Research Scientist and Deputy-Director General at the CSIR, Ghana from 2008-2018. Her main research focus was on lagoons and freshwater bodies in Ghana and other countries in the West African Sub-region, documenting fish species and providing knowledge on their ecology and traditional management. She assessed the status of freshwater fishes in West Africa for the IUCN. Her research was also on coastal ecology and waterfalls of Ghana, women in water management and sanitation, science education and policy, among others. She was one of the few African Scientists involved with the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2004-2005). Her research on the effects of illegal mining on aquatic life in water bodies of Ghana, and on manatees and fisheries have received extensive recognition locally and internationally. She has to her credit over 120 publications including refereed journal articles, books, consultancy reports, edited and unedited conference papers, project and technical reports. She has been involved in drafting two National Science and Technology Policies for the Ministry of Environment Science and Technology. She has consulted for the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization. In 2005 she was a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Knoxville, Tennessee and has taught at the University of Winneba (2001-2003) and the University of Cape Coast (2006-2009).

She is a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is currently the Chair of the University of Ghana College of Basic and Applied Sciences Advisory Board. She has just been appointed as a member of Executive Committee of International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies. She retired from the CSIR in September 2019. And is currently the Director of the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the CSIR College of Science and Technology.