Background

Samuel Opoku Dandi is an assistant Lecturer in the Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Sciences and currently serves as the Exams officer and fish farm manager for the Department. He is currently pursuing his PhD studies in the field of Sustainable Aquaculture in the Department. Samuel Opoku Dandi has over 5 years of work experience as researcher in UDS. He has 9 refereed article publications and have attended international and local conferences. His experience covers areas such as Aquaculture, Aquatic ecosystem health assessment, Fish health assessment, Fish Farming, Fish Nutrition, and Fisheries and Aquaculture management. His research interests include Environmental pollution impact assessment, ecological studies, application of antibiotic and medicinal plant in fish culture, Food quality and safety, Socio-economics of fisheries and aquaculture. His current professional tagline is “Sustainable aquaculture for good aquatic food product, Aquatic ecosystem health assessment, and socio-economic development”.  He aspires to; 

1. Provide high-class and a baseline training, education and advisory services to students and clients in the aquaculture sector,  
2. Contribute to government policies and programmes through topmost cutting-edge research which will lead to improved and sustainable aquaculture production and product, and 
3. Support in the campaign for sustainable aquaculture using modern, ecologically friendly, and accepted technologies in aquaculture and its related activities.

He has been involved in projects/grants, funded by Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (Norhed II), International Foundation of Science(IFS project), African Food Innovations, partnering for a sustainable future, (INCiTiS Food project) funded by European Union, Data collection for a book chapter funded by German institution, Baseline survey for healthy City for Adolescent, funded by a German university, among others.

Institutional Email: sdandi@uds.edu.gh
Mobile Phone: +233241946678