Emmanuel Acheampong

Dr. Emmanuel Acheampong holds a PhD. in Natural Science from University of Hamburg in Germany. His expertise is in community ecology and modelling, with special focus on phyto- and mesozooplankton, fish stock assessment and in linking natural and socio-economic sciences in the study of climate change impacts on coastal communities. He was a research fellow for five years – from August, 2007 to December, 2012 – at the Centre for Earth System Research and Sustainability – aka Centrum für Erdsystemforschung und Nachhaltigkeit (CEN) – in Hamburg, Germany. CEN is a multi-disciplinary centre made of different institutions with diverse expertise ranging from Fisheries Sciences and Oceanography through to Systems Analysis, Communication and Global Change Governance. He was with CEN’s Institute of Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science (IHF); the institute is now called Institute of Marine Ecosystem and Fishery Science (IMF). 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. Currently, He is a senior lecturer at the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana. He also doubles as Data Hub and Information Systems Manager for the African Centre of Excellence for Coastal Resilience (ACECoR). He teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in Oceanography, Coastal Zone Management, Environmental Statistics and Modelling.