Elsie Effah Kaufmann ita kwararriyar 'yar ƙasar Ghana ce, injiniyan ilimin halittu da ƙwaƙƙwaran ƙira ga National Science and Maths Quiz. Kafin Elsie Kaufmann ta fara baje kolin wasan kwaikwayon a 2006, Marian Ewurama Addy ita ce uwargidan tambayoyin daga 1993 zuwa 2000 da Eureka Emefa Adomako daga 2001 zuwa 2005. A cikin Disamba 2020, an nada Elsie Kaufmann farfesa a Jami'ar Ghana. Kaufmann ta yi karatun ta na sakandare a babbar makarantar sakandaren 'yan mata ta Aburi. Ta sami difloma ta Baccalaureate ta Duniya daga United World College of the Atlantic a Wales a 1988. Ta ci gaba zuwa Jami'ar Pennsylvania don Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE), Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) da PhD a Biomedical Engineering. Kaufmann ya kasance Mai Kula da Bincike a Sashen Chemistry a Jami'ar Rutgers a New Jersey, Amurka daga May 1998 zuwa Yuni 2001; bayan ya kasance Mataimakin Koyarwa a Sashen Bioengineering a Jami'ar Pennsylvania, Amurka. Ta kuma kasance Babban Malami kuma Shugaban farko na Sashen Injin Injiniya, Jami'ar Ghana (2006 - 2012, 2014 - 2016).