Background

Dr. Lydia Quansah is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology but currently serves as the Head of the Department of Forensic Sciences. She has served in many capacity in the Department of Biotechnology and Molecular biology including Acting Head of Department, Department Examination Officer, Seminar Coordinator, and many more. She was a member of the committee that developed the Intellectual Property Policy for the UDS and currently, a member of the Nyankpala Campus Technology Transfer Office Working Committee. She is a mid-career Lecturer and Researcher with the UDS and has over 20 publications in peer review journals and has attended several local and international workshops and conferences. She has two years of Postdoctoral Research Experience from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Agriculture Research Organization all in Israel. She teaches undergraduate and post graduates courses in Biotechnology, Forensic biotechnology, and Bioinformatics. She has supervised over fifty undergraduate and five postgraduate students. Her research area includes Metabolic fingerprinting in plants, indigenous crops, functional foods, antibiotic residues in foods, and microbiome for forensic utilization. 
She has been involved in projects funded by the Peers Foundation (UK) to use indigenous species as income generation activities for women in selected rural areas.

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lydia_Quansah
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=LYDIA+QUANSAH&hl=en&oi=ao
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lydia-quansah-49218537/