Prof. Frederick Ato Armah Biography
An interdisciplinary expert with deep interest in the natural and human dimensions of environment and health. His professional expertise includes multivariate environmental statistics; global environmental change mitigation and adaptation; environmental and natural resource management, remediation and policy; human health risk assessment; climate change-human health nexus; pollution of environmental media and biota; and socio-ecological systems. He is a Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Science at the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
He has a PhD in Geography (Environment and Human Health) from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. He holds an MSc Degree in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science from Lund University in Sweden and a BSc (Hons) Degree in Chemistry from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. In addition, he holds a Certificate in Building African Entrepreneurship Universities in the Context of Responsible Innovations and Sustainable Development (AFRIDEP/UNECA); Certificate in Transforming Leadership and Governance (ILF); Certificate in Project Planning and Proposal Development (AAU); Certificate in University Leadership and Management Development (AAU), Certificate in Preliminary Assessment & Site Inspection of Surface water, Groundwater, Air & Soil (USEPA); and Certificate in Facilitating Multi-stakeholder Process and Social Learning: Advanced Course in the Use of Participatory Approaches for Institutional Change (WUR).
He has held several prestigious scholarships including the Swedish Institute Scholarship (2006-2008), Netherlands Fellowship (2009) and the Ontario Trillium Scholarship (2011-2015). He is the first individual from sub-Saharan Africa to win the prestigious Ontario Trillium Scholarship. He was awarded as an Outstanding Researcher at the University of Cape Coast for hard work, dexterity, and great dedication to research during the 2015/2016 academic year. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific articles in reputable international journals, 20 technical reports, 2 book chapters and 2 encyclopaedia entries.
Experience
He has over 20 years of professional experience in the fields of Environmental Science, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Assessment, Environmental Remediation, Participatory Natural Resource Management, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), and Remote Sensing, Complex Systems Modelling, Science-Policy Interface, and Multistakeholder engagement. He has extensive experience in teaching, research and collaboration with partners in both developed (Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, USA) and developing countries (Ethiopia, Cameroon, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Tanzania). He has served as consultant to several organisations and government agencies both local and international. He was the Director of the Directorate of Research Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC), UCC from April 2019 to July 2022.
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