I was born on 21 October 1969 in Kumasi, Ghana. I am an Environmental/Chemical Engineer by training.

I have blended this background with expertise in Environmental Biotechnology. I obtained my B.Sc. (Chemical Engineering) and M.Sc. (Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation) degrees from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana in 1996 and 2005, respectively.

In October 2013, I obtained a joint PhD degree in Environmental/Chemical Engineering from the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education and the Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

I have worked for Unilever (Ghana) Limited (1996), Nestlé (Ghana) Limited (1997 – 1998),
Premier Distribution Agency and Demax investments (1998 – May 2003) before joining Kumasi Technical University (formerly Kumasi Polytechnic) in May 2003 as Senior Instructor in the department of Chemical Engineering. Through hard work and dedication to duty, I gained promotion to the ranks of Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in 2005 and 2011, respectively.

I became Associate Professor in Environmental/Chemical Engineering in 2014. I am an Environmental and Chemical Engineering Consultant. Furthermore, I am an expert on metallurgical wastewater treatment using sorption technology. I also have expertise in the area of Chemical Process Plant and Products Design, Industrial Safety, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Pollution Prevention and Control Techniques, Wastewater Quality Management, Freshwater Quality Management, Solid Waste Management, Water and Wastewater Treatment and Writing of Environmental Reports (Environmental Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement and Environmental Impact Assessment)

I am currently the Pro Vice Chancellor of the Kumasi Technical University in Ghana. Until my appointment as the Pro Vice-Chancellor in September 2019, I was the Interim Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology. I acted as Rector/Vice Chancellor of the University on several occasions. I was the Head of the Chemical Engineering department of Kumasi Polytechnic from September 2007 to February 2009 and September 2014 to September 2015. In addition, I acted as Head of the Chemical Engineering department from
June to August 2014.

I am an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Regional Maritime University in Ghana; a Visiting Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Technology at the Madonna University in Nigeria and a Visiting Associate Professor at the Graduate School (Coventry University Masters Programme) at the Kumasi campus of Ghana Technology University College in Ghana.