Positions Held & Hold
Community Service
i. University
2024 Member - Appeal Committee Member, Laboratory Analysis Services at the department of Food Science and Technology
2023 Chairperson – KNUST Gender Equality Committee
2023 Chairperson – Planning and Celebration Committee of KNUST Research Week (TEKCONFAB’23)
2021 Chairperson – KNUST Wellness Centre
2021 Member – Audit Team for Thesis Assessment Report, School of Graduate Studies
2021 Member – Action Plan Implementation Oversight Committee of thematic objectives of the Vice Chancellor Vision, 2020-2024, KNUST
2020 – Date Mentor – Dr Nana Baah Pepra-Ameyaw, Department of Food Science and Technology, KNUST
2020 - Date Member - KNUST Representative, MountCrest University College Council
2020-2021 Member – Appointments and Promotions Sub-committee, College of Science, KNUST
2020 Lead - Policy Champion for Mentoring, Admission, Recruitment and Ethical Review Policies, KNUST
2020 Chairperson – Midterm Review Sub Committee-Visibility Theme of the KNUST Corporate Strategic Plan 2016-2025
2020 Member - Midterm Review Sub Committee- Human Resource and Development Theme of the KNUST Corporate Strategic Plan 2016-2025
2020 Member – Midterm Review of the KNUST Corporate Strategic Plan 2016-2025
2020 Chairperson – Human Capital Development and Welfare of Staff, KNUST
2019 Chairperson – Committee to Develop the Instruments for the Assessment of Projects and Theses by Students
2019 – Mentor – National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Science for Weather Information and Forecasting Techniques
2019 – September, 2020 Facilitator – KNUST-ENI “OKUAFO PA Agribusiness Youth Training Project” Kyeremasu, Dormaa East District, Bono Region
2019 Chairperson – Committee to Develop the Instruments for the Assessment of Projects and Theses by Students
2019 Chairperson – Appointment to Draft a Post-Doctoral Fellowship Policy for KNUST
2017 – 2019 Chairperson – University Safety Committee, KNUST
2017 Chairperson – Committee to review Affiliation status of Christ Apostolic University College to KNUST
2017 Chairperson - Sub-committee of Planning and Resources Committee to Rebrand/Repackage Sport and Exercise Science Programme
2016 – 2019 – College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
2016 – 2019 Member - KNUST Planning and Resources Committee
2016 – 2019 Member - KNUST Welfare Committee
2016 – 2019 Chairperson – College of Science Board, KNUST
2016 – 2019 Chairperson – Appointments and Promotions Sub-committee, College of Science, KNUST
2016 – Date Member – Departmental Board, Food Science and Technology, KNUST
2016 – 2019 Member – Executive Committee of the University, KNUST
2016 – 2019 Member – Academic Board, KNUST
2016, August Moderator – 6th KNUST Summer School
2016 Member – Review Committee, Criteria for Appointment and Promotion of Senior Members (Non-Academic/Professionals), KNUST
2016 Chairperson – Proposal Review Panel - 3 programs for Institute of Local Government, KNUST
2016 – Date Mentor – Dr Leonard D. K. De-Souza, Department of Food Science and Technology, KNUST
2016 - 2021 Member – Affiliation Committee of the University, KNUST
2015 – 2021 Member – University Appointments and Promotions Committee, KNUST
2015 – Date Member – Scientific Review Committee, KNUST Research Fund (KReF), KNUST
2015 – 2017 Mentor – Female Staff Mentorship Programme, Department of Geography and Rural Development, KNUST
2015 – 2016 Chairperson – Committee for KNUST Community Impact Programme, KNUST
2012 - 2016 Chairperson – Intellectual Property Policy Committee, KNUST
2015 – 2016 Head – Internal Accreditation Team, College of Agriculture & Renewable Natural Resources and College of Art & Built Environment, KNUST
2015 – 2016 Dean – Faculty of Bioscience, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
2015 Moderator – 5th KNUST Summer School
2015 Member – Committee to investigate an examination lapse in the Department of Mathematics, KNUST
2015 Chairperson – Vocational training program for women, College of Science Women Commission
2015 Chairperson – Female Mentorship programme of the Faculty of Social Sciences, KNUST
2014 – 2019 Mentor to Dr. Nana Baah Pepra-Ameyaw, Borlaug Higher Education for Agricultural Research and Development (BHEARD) programme.
2014 – 2016 Member – Appointments and Promotions sub-committee, College of Health Sciences, KNUST.
2014 – Date Academic Tutor – Department of Food Science and Technology, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
2014 – 2016 Chairperson – Departmental Board, Food Science and Technology, KNUST
2014 – 2016 Head of Department – Department of Food Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
2014 Panel member – 4th KNUST Summer School
2014 Chairperson – Proposal Review Panel, Pharm D Top-Up Programme for Practicing Pharmacists, KNUST
2013 – 2016 Member – Appointments and Promotions sub-committee, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, KNUST
2013 Member – Institute of Distance Learning (IDL) – The Way Forward, KNUST
2013 Chairperson – KNUST Proposal Review Panel, Presbyterian University College
2012 – 2016 Chairperson – Quality Assurance sub-committee, College of Science, KNUST
2012 Member – Ethics Committee, KNUST
2011 – 2016 KNUST Representative – Academic Board and Appointments and Promotions Committee, Garden City University College, Ghana
2011 – 2014 Member – Committee for KNUST Community Impact Programme, KNUST
2011, Jan Chairperson – Committee to investigate the undue delay in the refurbishment of the Vice Chancellor’s residence
2011 Member – Technology and Innovation Services subcommittee, KNUST Technology Park (KTP) KNUST
2010 – Date Member – University Books and Publications Committee, KNUST
2010 – 2016 Member – College of Science Board, KNUST
2010 – 2016 Member – College of Science (Representative), Research and Conferences Committee, KNUST
2010 – 2016, Member – Appointments and Promotions sub-committee, College of Science, KNUST
2010 – 2016 Chairperson – Research and Conference sub-committee, College of Science, KNUST
2010 – 2014 Chairperson – Departmental Board, Biochemistry and Biotechnology and Food Science and Technology, KNUST
2010 – 2014 Head of Department – Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology/Food Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
2009 Member of Judges – Maiden Edition of KNUST SRC G-Race for the Genius Competition 2009
2008, 2010 Member – Scrutinizing Committee for election of Pro Vice Chancellor, KNUST
2008 – 2010 Member – Academic Board Representative of the College of Science on KNUST Executive Committee
2008 – 2010 Vice Dean – Faculty of Biosciences, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
2008 Member – Sub-committee to review the request to run a degree program in Dairy and Meat Technology, Department of Animal Science, KNUST
2008 Member – Sub-committee to review the Request for Affiliation and mounting of a Bachelor of Pharmacy program, Central University College, Ghana
2007 – 2010 Member – Academic Board, KNUST
2007 – 2009 Member – College of Science Board, KNUST
2007 – 2009 Chairperson – Departmental Board, Biochemistry and Biotechnology and Food Science and Technology, KNUST
2007 – 2009 Head of Department – Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology/Food Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
2007 – 2009 Faculty Board Member – Faculty of Biosciences, College of Science, KNUST
2007, Jan-Jul Acting Head – Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
2006 – 2007 Hall Warden – Hall 7, KNUST
2006 – 2007 Hall Administrators’ Representative – Dean of Student’s Board, KNUST
2005 – 2007 Member – Recruitment Team of International Students from Nigeria
2005 – 2007 Member – College Board Representative on the Faculty Board of Biosciences
2005 – 2007 Programme coordinator – Food Science and Technology, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
2005 Member – Committee to advice the Academic Board on the Modalities for the submission of Examination Results for approval
2004 Member – Monitoring Group for the KNUST-GTZ-ICRA Project. Transforming Cassava into a competitive agro-industrial Crop in Ghana
2004 Member – Joint Tropenbos–KNUST committee on Integrating NUFFIC Transdisciplinary Student Platform Approach (TSPA) into the curricula of KNUST
2003 Member – Sub-committee to review the proposal for the establishment of BSc. Degree programme in Disability and Rehabilitation Studies
2003 Member – Library Committee Representative on the Committee for the Restructuring of the University Library System
2003 Member – Interview panel for the position of Professional Counsellor for the Dean of Students’ Office
2003 Member – Adhoc committee to draw up Syllabus for B.Sc. Food Science and Technology, KNUST
2003 Member – Academic Board Search committee for appointment of Provosts for 4 Colleges
2003 Chairperson – Sub-committee to Review Bachelor of Dental Surgery Curriculum, KNUST Dental School
2002 – 2006 Vice-Dean – (International Students), Dean of Students Office, KNUST
2000 – 2004 Member – University Library Appointments and Promotions Committee, KNUST KNUST
2000 – 2004 Member – Faculty of Science Representative, Library Committee, KNUST, Kumasi
2000 – 2003 Examination Officer – Department of Biochemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
2000 – Date Member – KNUST Orientation team for First year students
Support member – KNUST Counselling Unit
Patroness – College of Science Women Commission
Patroness – College of Science Christian Council
Patroness – Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Christian Medical Fellowship
1996 – 2014 Academic Tutor – Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
ii. National
2023, Jun. External Assessor - Board for promotion and appointment of provost and directors, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
2023, Mar. Chairperson – Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR), Committee mandated to put together Research and Development Policy
2021 Chairperson - International Leadership Foundation (ILF) Ghana, Board of Directors
2020 Member – Board of Governor, St. Louis Senior High School- Ashanti Region
2020, Mar. Chairperson – Independent Review Committee for Performance Evaluation of the Director-General, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
2020, Feb. Chairperson - Ghana Education Service (GES) 23rd Inter-Senior High School Debate Grand Finale for 63rd Independence Anniversary Celebration, Kumasi Ghana.
2020 Board Member - GloryVel School, Kotei, Kumasi Ashanti Region.
2019, Nov. Guest Speaker – Ghana Education Service (GES) 2nd Ghana Science Olympiad for SEIP Schools, Pentecost Convention Centre, Cape Coast, Ghana
2019 – 2021 External Examiner - Department of Hospitality and Tourism Education, University of Education, Winneba.
2019, October External Assessor – Appointments and Promotion Board, Accra Technical University, Accra, Ghana.
2018, October Member, Appointment and Promotion Board for the Appointment of Pro Vice Chancellor, Cape Coast University.
2018, March Member, Search Committee for Appointment of a Deputy Director-General, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
2017, August External Assessor – Promotion, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Legon, Ghana
2016 - Date Coordinator and Resource Person – Training of Trainers on Everything you Need to know about Sweetpotato
2016, May Member – Interview Panel for the Appointment of Director for FRI-CSIR
2016 Member – CSIR Council Sub-Committee on Lands
2015 – Date Member Editorial Advisory Board – E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies
2014 – Date Member – CSIR Council Sub-Committee on Commercialization
2017 – Date Member – CSIR Council Sub-Committee on Research and Development
2014 – Date Council Member – Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
2014 Chairperson – Search Committee for Registrar, Christian Service University College
2013 – 2016 2nd Vice President – Bible Society of Ghana
2013 – 2014 Vice president – Ghana Biomedical Convention
2013 Chairperson – National Accreditation Panel to assess the Food Processing Technology Programme, University of Development Studies, Nyankpala
2013 Member – National Advisory Board, Orange Fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP) initiative
2012 – 2018 Board Member and Vice Chairperson – College Council, Christian Service University College
Member – Search Committee for President, Garden City University College
2012 -2016 Member – KNUST Representative on Garden City University Academic Board
2014 – Date Facilitator – International Leadership Foundation, Transformational Leadership Seminar series for KNUST Mastercard Scholars
2011, 2005 Member – National Accreditation Panel to assess the Biochemistry Programmes of University of Ghana (UG), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Development Studies (UDS) and University of Cape Coast (UCC)
2010 – Date Member – Editorial Board, Journal of Science and Technology (JUST)
2004, 2005 Coordinator – Training Course in Food Handling and Storage for stakeholders in the Food Industry
2004 Resource Person – Training of Women in Agricultural Development (WIAD), MOFA on Food Handling and Storage
2004 Resource Person – Training of Peer counsellors and students on HIV/AIDS, KNUST
2003 Member – Planning Committee for National Sweetpotato Fair
2002 - Date Resource Person – Mentoring of National and International Students, KNUST
2002 - Date Resource Person – Training of Student Representative Council, Peer counsellors and students on Leadership concepts; Training of Church Leaders on Biblical Leadership concepts
2002 – 2016 Resource Person – Training of Hotel and Canteen Staff on Food Hygiene
2002 Resource Person – Training and utilization of cassava and sweetpotato composite flour
2002, August Resource Person – Training of Agricultural Extension Officers and WIAD of MOFA (Brong-Ahafo and Ashanti Region) on the Processing and Quality Assurance of cassava into value-added products, Techiman and Mampong
2002, March Resource Person – Training on cassava flour processing for farmers, gari processors and bakers at New Edubiase organized by the Opportunities Industrialization Centre (OIC)
2000 – 2003 Member – Post Production and Marketing Component Team of RTIP, Ministry of Food and Agriculture
2000 – Date Resource person – Offer services to several small and medium scale food processors, NGOs and organized groups
2000 – Date External Examiner of Theses – School of Graduate Studies, University of Cape Coast (UCC), Cape Coast; School of Graduate Studies, University of Ghana, Legon; School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Development Studies, Tamale; Department of Hotel, Catering and Institutional Management, Kumasi Polytechnic, Kumasi; Department of Applied Sciences and Technology, Koforidua Polytechnic, Koforidua, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Education, University of Education, Winneba / Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED)
- External Assessor - Promotions and Panel member for Appointments for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
- External Assessor - Promotions for the University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
- External Assessor - Promotions for the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
- External Assessor - Promotions for the Kumasi Polytechnic, Kumasi, Ghana
- Assessor - Publication Board of University of Ghana, Public Affairs Directorate
- Assessor - Ministry of Science and Technology - Beneficiaries of Mathematics, Science and Technology Scholarship Scheme (MASTESS)
- Assessor - International Applied Research Conference - Koforidua Polytechnic, Koforidua, Ghana
2000 Member – Exhibition Subcommittee-Root and Tuber Crops Utilization Fair and Workshop. Root and Tuber Improvement Programme (RTIP), Ministry of Food and Agriculture
1998 – 2006 Treasurer – Ghana Science Association, Kumasi Branch
1998, Sept. Resource person – Workshop for JSS Science Teachers, Ejisu
1997 Member – Finance Subcommittee, 20th Biennial Conference, Ghana Science Association
Scientific Reviewer (National journals):
- Agricultural and Food Science Journal of Ghana
- Journal of Science and Technology (JUST)
- Journal of the Ghana Science Association
iii. International
2023 External Assessor – Promotion, University of Pretoria, South Africa
2022 Chairperson – Board of International Leadership Foundation (ILF)
2022 Facilitator – Executive Diploma in Leadership (EDL) program for Southern and Eastern Africa
2022 - Date Mentor – Food System Research Network for Africa (FSNet Africa)
2021 - Date Member - CAB Reviews Editorial Advisory Board
2020 -2023 Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility with Faculties of Szent Istvan University, Budapest and Ghana, i.e. KNUST
2020 Facilitator - Nutrition Sensitive Postharvest handling, Storage and Processing. Nutrition and Food Systems syllabus Fall 2020. Preventing Malnutrition and NCDs in Developing Countries Contexts, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Nutrition and Food Science and KNUST, Food Science and Technology.
2020 – Reviewer - (Proposal Concept Note) for the USAID - Borlaug Higher Education for Agricultural Research and Development (BHEARD) Ghanaian Seed Sector
2019 – Mentor – National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Science for Weather Information and Forecasting Techniques (SWIFT).
2019 – Advisory Group Committee Member – National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Science for Weather Information and Forecasting Techniques (SWIFT).
2019 – Mentor to Dr. Winifred Ayinpoggbilla Atiah, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Science for Weather Information and Forecasting Techniques (SWIFT) Program programme.
2018 -Date Member of the Executive Director – International Leadership Foundation (ILF) Orlando, Florida, USA.
2017 - 2019 Mentor to Dr. Mercy Badu (Lecturer, CoS, KNUST), CIRCLE Visiting Fellow (CVF)
2017 Facilitator/KNUST Host – KNUST and USAID-DAI Africa LEAD II Certificate Course in Building Capacity for African Agricultural Transformation Champions for Change, Leadership, West Africa.
2016, Nov/Dec Visiting Professor – ISA LILLE (Université Catholique de Lille), Lille Cedex, France
2016 External Assessor – Promotion, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
2015 – 2019 Member – Advisory Committee, Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa (SASHA) Phase 2 Project
2015 External Assessor – Promotion, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
2013 – 2014 Member – ANECVI International Scientific Committee
2013, September Member – ECOWAS Jury of the 2013 African Union Scientific Award for Women
2011 Mentor to Dr. Faustina Dufie Wireko-Manu (Lecturer, CoS, KNUST), African Women in Agricultural Research & Development (AWARD) programme
2008 Member – Sweetpotato community of practice to develop proposal for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2007 - Date Facilitator and member – International Leadership Foundation, Orlando, Florida – Transformational Leader Seminar series
2005, October Reviewer – (Research Proposal) for the African Forest Research Network (AFORNET)
2005, August Chairperson – 13th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES) Congress in Seoul, Korea
2003 Member – Review Team on Activities (Post Production and Marketing Component) of the Root and Tuber Improvement Programme (RTIP) MOFA, Joint World Bank and Government of Ghana project
2002 Member – interview panel for TROPENBOS International, TROPENBOS Ghana Programme
Scientific Reviewer (International journals):
- African Journal Biotechnology
- African Journal of Food Science
- African Journal of Food Science and Technology
- Borlaug LEAP Fellows Book; Discovery and Innovation
- International Journal of Consumer Science
- International Journal of Food Science and Technology
- International Food Research Journal
- Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology
- Sustainable Development; Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
- Scientific African