Dr. Emmanuel Acheampong holds a Ph.D in natural science and Master of Science degrees in aquatic ecology and biology. His expertise is in plankton ecology, ecosystem modelling, and aquaculture development. He was a research fellow for five years at the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, KlimaCampus, Hamburg, Germany. His responsibilities at this German Center included plankton culturing experiments and research focusing on the development of predictive models for the evolution of aquatic ecosystems. His post-doctoral research was part of two international (European Union-funded) programmes (MEECE – Marine Ecosystem Evolution in a Changing Environment, and EUROBASIN – European Basin-scale Analysis, Synthesis and INtegration) to resolve the impact of climatic processes on marine ecosystems and their services.
Currently, Dr. Acheampong is a lecturer at the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses including oceanography, management of man-made lakes and biostatistics.